In the early 1990s, Motorola took a huge gamble on a new satellite telephone system called Iridium. But only months after launch it was $11 billion in debt, burning through $100 million a month and bringing in almost no revenue. It looked like Iridium would go down as just a science experiment. That is until Dan Colussy - a former CEO of Pan Am - got involved. This book masterfully traces the birth of Iridium and Colussys tireless efforts to stop it from being destroyed.