The bestselling author of Daemon returns with a near-future technological thriller in which a
charismatic billionaire recruits a team of adventurers to launch the first deep space mining
operation--a mission that could alter the trajectory of human civilization. When itinerant cave
diver James Tighe receives an invitation to billionaire Nathan Joyce's private island he
thinks it must be a mistake. But Tighe's unique skill set makes him a prime candidate for
Joyce's high-risk venture to mine a near-earth asteroid--with the goal of kick-starting an
entire off-world economy. The potential rewards and personal risks are staggering but the
competition is fierce and the stakes couldn't be higher. Isolated and pushed beyond their
breaking points Tighe and his fellow twenty-first century adventurers--ex-soldiers former
astronauts BASE jumpers and mountain climbers--must rely on each other to survive not only
the dangers of a multi-year expedition but the harsh realities of business in space. They're
determined to transform humanity from an Earth-bound species to a space-faring one--or die
trying.
