Delta-v - daniel suarez

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 Joyces private island, he thinks it must be a mistake.

But Tighes unique skill set makes him a prime candidate for Joyces 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 couldnt 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.

Theyre determined to transform humanity from an Earth-bound species to a space-faring one--or die trying.