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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bSUA/CR
100			_aSuarez,Daniel
245			_aCRITICAL MASS : Novel
250			_a1
260			_aUSA _bPenguin Random House _c2023
300			_g447
500			_aIn New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez’s latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth’s climate crisis could well hang in the balance. When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative—and unsanctioned—commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own nextgen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid’s next swing by Earth. In the process they’ll need to establish the first spin-gravity station in deep space, the first orbiting solar power satellite and refinery, and historic infrastructure on the moon’s surface—all of which could alleviate a deepening ecological, political, and economic crisis back on Earth, and prove that space-based industry is not only profitable, but possibly humanity’s best hope for a livable, peaceful future.
650			_aFiction
650			_aScience fiction
650			_aAsteroids -- Fiction
650			_aAsteroids -- FictionRescues -- Fiction
650			_aExtraterrestrial bases -- Fiction
650			_aInterstellar travel -- Fiction
650			_aClimatic changes -- Fiction
650			_aOuter space -- Fiction
650			_aThrillers (Fiction)
942			_cLEN
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