Daniel Suarez (born December 21, 1964) is a former American information technology consultant turned

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. He initially published under the pseudonym Leinad Zeraus (his name spelled backwards).

Career

His career as an author began with a pair of

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s. The first novel, ''

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'', was self-published under his own company, Verdugo Press, in late 2006. It was later picked up by the major publishing house Dutton and re-released on January 8, 2009. His follow-up book '' Freedom™'' was released on January 7, 2010. ''

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'' has reported that

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, who produced the 1983 film ''

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'', had optioned the film rights to ''Daemon'' with

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in 2009, but the rights likely reverted to Suarez on 8 December 2012. Suarez announced in November 2011 that he was writing his third novel, "which deals with autonomous drones and next-gen, anonymous warfare" (via his Google Plus Account). That novel, '' Kill Decision'', was released on July 19, 2012. His next book, ''Influx'', was released on February 20, 2014. ''Influx'' won the 2015

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. His fifth book, ''Change Agent'', was released on April 18, 2017 and uses

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as its theme. His most recent novel, Delta-v (2019), deals with the near future effects of

asteroid mining Asteroid mining is the hypothetical exploitation of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining challenges include the high cost of spaceflight, unreliable identification of asteroids ...

and the privatization of space, and is the first part of a trilogy.

Literary works

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'' (2014) * * ''Delta-v'' (2019) — a specially recruited and trained group of eight

private Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

asteroid miners are transported to a lunar DRO approximately above the Moon where a 560-tonne crewed, spin gravity, mining spaceship and mining habitat—''The Konstantin''—awaits them, having been constructed and tested for the ''Catalyst Corporation''. The ship propels itself on a low

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trajectory of just a couple of months to intercept the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, where it is to spend four years mining. Challenges and drama ensue. * Suarez, Daniel (2023). Critical Mass. New York: Dutton. ISBN 9780593183632

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