Daniel Nelson
Thrillers at the edge of possibility.
Science-fiction thrillers where emerging technology collides with very human consequences.

No Stars Tonight
One breakthrough. One altered past. One deadly future no one saw coming.
Jacob Forester built a machine to relive the past—then discovered he might be able to change it. That discovery offers one impossible hope: saving the woman he lost. But reaching her means confronting a threat far beyond his own loss.

Moving Mountains
The asteroid was worth trillions. The technology to move it was priceless.
A foreign corporation pioneers a revolutionary method of redirecting asteroids through Mars’ gravity for commercial mining, promising unimaginable wealth.
But success would change the balance of power on Earth—and not everyone is willing to let that happen.
After a mission he helped carry out goes terribly wrong, astronaut Sam Evans is sent to restore control. Abandoned millions of miles from Earth, he must finish the mission before the crisis on the asteroid becomes a crisis on Earth.
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No Stars Tonight
One breakthrough. One altered past. One deadly future no one saw coming. Discover the story behind Daniel Nelson’s newest science-fiction thriller.
Behind the Story
How an Asteroid Inspired Moving Mountains
A five-trillion-dollar asteroid and the race to mine space sparked a question: what happens when exploration gives way to exploitation?
About Daniel Nelson
Daniel Nelson writes science-fiction thrillers grounded in plausible technology and the consequences of human ambition. A forward-thinking inventor named on more than 140 U.S. patents, he brings a distinctive sense of realism to stories where tomorrow’s breakthroughs become today’s dangers.
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No Stars Tonight: the story and current release
How an Asteroid Inspired Moving Mountains
