Description: The world's oil supply is tainted, and the few countries with oil and natural gas reserves control the world economy. Then comes Phoebe, an asteroid America coaxes into Earth orbit to mine its resources. But some people will do anything to shut the project down.
Brief description:
Edward M. Lerner worked in high tech and aerospace for thirty years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president, for much of that time writing science fiction as his hobby. Since 2004 he has written full-time. His novels range from near-future technothrillers, like Small Miracles and Energized, to futuristic mysteries, like The Company Man, to such traditional SF-adventure fare as Dark Secret and his InterstellarNet series. Collaborating with Larry Niven, he also wrote the space-opera epic Fleet of Worlds series of Ringworld companion novels. His 2015 novel, InterstellarNet: Enigma, won the inaugural Canopus Award "honoring excellence in interstellar writing." His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. In shorter forms, his writing has appeared in anthologies, collections, and many science fiction magazines and websites. He also writes about science and technology, most notably including Trope ing the Light Fantastic: The Science behind the Fiction.
Review Quotes:
"A taut near-future thriller...Lerner's vision of the future is both topical and possible in this crisp, fast-paced hard SF adventure."
-- "Publishers Weekly"