Critical Mass

In Daniel Suarez's gripping space-tech thriller, an unauthorized commercial asteroid-mining mission goes awry, leaving two crew members stranded in deep space. The surviving astropreneurs, defying global political upheaval and renewed Cold War tensions, must orchestrate a daring rescue. With Earth governments paralyzed by escalating climate crises and unable to commit to rapid space development, this intrepid team embarks on an unprecedented engineering feat: building a next-generation spacecraft, establishing the first deep-space spin-gravity station, orbiting solar power refinery, and historic lunar infrastructure. Their desperate race against time to reach the asteroid before its next swing past Earth not only seeks to save their colleagues but also ignites a new space race. This ambitious endeavor promises to unlock space-based solutions for Earth's ecological, political, and economic woes, offering humanity a potential lifeline for a livable and peaceful future amidst critical mass.