"Paul Harris, indeed? There was a man once, a son of Kissimmee who left from here and never returned..." The pilot lost in time, the ambassador running out of time and the press officer waiting for the right time. Three lives thrown together travelling between Mars and Earth, searching for, discovering and testing their faith. Mars faces a challenge that threatens not just the ideals of the Benimars, but their very existance. Will the Nations of Earth return to the ways of war before the Treaty of Jerusalem, before the time of The King? A man born many centuries ago may hold the key to breaking the influence of the divisive Secretary General, if he can remember... Ripping up the Contract follows on many hundreds of years after the events of The Mars Exile.