Alan Chan 
Abundance [EPUB ebook] 

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Asteroid mining promises untold riches for those willing to take the risks… but in the race to gain first-mover advantage, the price of failure can be severe.

The crew of the first commercial space mission to retrieve an asteroid for mining purposes has been killed in a catastrophic accident. Washed up ex-astronaut Charles ‘Chuck’ Sorrel is hired to look into the affairs of Abundance, the company behind the mission. He asks a few questions, makes a few conclusions, and writes some recommendations… but never gets a chance to collect.

Sorrel’s easy-money gig turns sour when rival Chinese asteroid mining company Yangshen is implicated. The discovery triggers an international incident and thrusts an unwilling Sorrel into a trip across the Pacific, dinner with Yangshen’s CEO, confrontations with the Mission Commander’s widow Jen, and pressure to ‘hurry up and get to the bottom of things’. Trapped in a high-level cover up, Sorrel must navigate a web of lies and deceit to uncover the truth – and make peace with his past in order to save the future.

Abundance is a cross-genre sci-fi thriller that spans the world and the heavens above… offering a glimpse into the messy near-future world of commercial space exploration and militarization, emergent AGI and geopolitical intrigue – where the ground truth is all-too-human and wholly unpredictable.

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Prologue PER ASPERA9

1. Carol – An Entire Lifetime3

Part I AMERICAS13

2. De Waal – Shefa15

3. Sorrel – The Gig22

4. Jen – Brain Child34

5. Sorrel – Abundance41

6. Sorrel – The Tour48

7. Sorrel – R&D54

8. Jen – Homestead65

9. Sorrel – Timeline72

10. Jen – Prep78

11. Sorrel – Interviews80

12. Jen – Mountain Mover86

13. Sorrel – The Astronaut’s Wife90

14. Sorrel – Hard Space94

15. Jen – Lockout101

16. Sorrel – A Day’s Work106

Part II THE SNAP109

17. Fragment Four111

18. Sorrel – World’s End115

19. Jen – Sunbeam123

20. Sorrel – Conspiracy Theory127

21. Sorrel – Deja Vu130

22. Sorrel – Rocketjet136

23. Jen – Insertion139

24. BC – Ghost In The Machine142

Part III CHINA147

25. Sorrel – In The System149

26. Sorrel – Yangshen159

28. Sorrel – Planning and Control170

29. Sorrel – Invite176

30. Jen – Starlink180

31. Sorrel – Dead Man’s Fob183

32. Sorrel – Dinner186

33. Huang – Destiny196

34. BC – The Network200

35. Sorrel – Post Dinner204

36. Sorrel – Neutral Buoyancy207

37. Huang – Final Approach215

38. Huang – Science Experiment217

39. Huang – Crash Landing219

40. Huang – The Sweeping of the Tombs223

41. Sorrel – Awakening225

42. Huang – Suiting Up229

43. Huang – The Brute232

44. BC – The Prodigal Son235

45. Huang – Monorail237

46. BC – Repository239

47. Huang – Earth Engine242

48. Infil247

49. Sorrel – The Voice249

50. Huang – Final Prep252

51. Huang – Adjustment Burn255

52. BC – Human Condition257

53. Jen – Canaries258

54. Sorrel – Hogtied260

55. BC – Scenario T484.05.2263

56. Sorrel – Transport265

57. Jen – Fugitive267

58. Sorrel – Electric Chair269

59. Sorrel – Outbound272

60. Sorrel – Storm Front276

Part IV THE STORM281

61. Sorrel – LA-X283

62. Huang – Refueling286

63. Huang – Mirage288

64. Huang – Ghosts291

64. Sorrel – Family294

65. Jen – Avila’s298

66. Sorrel – The Hit302

67. Huang – Hothead305

68. Sorrel – Asteroid Fever306

69. Huang – Standoff312

70. Jen – Newport317

71. Sorrel – The Feint319

72. Carol – Postcards From Beyond322

73. Jen – The Scrape324

74. Sorrel – Gumshoeing327

75. Jen – Constellation331

76. Sorrel – Tangled Threads332

Part V MOKSHA337

77. Sorrel – Second Wind339

78. Jen – The Senator346

79. Sorrel – Big Stick349

80. Jen – All Downhill From Here355

81. Sorrel – Moksha357

82. Sorrel – Make A Hole364

83. Sorrel/Jen – Overland369

84. Sorrel – Out Of Africa374

Part VI A HIGHER PLACE377

85. Mc Clusky – The Shitshow379

86. Huang – Goodbyes382

87. Zhang – Magnanimity386

88. Jen – Carol389

89. Sorrel – The Future392

Supplemental397

Acknowledgments399

About the Author401

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