Who said geeks can't fight? 

In the year 2288, John Mendoza is a data analyst stuck in a boring job on the Moon. His life changes when he's recruited by a group of rich visionaries to fight humanity's nemesis, an AI based on Mars. But soon he discovers a seamy underside to the plot. They're targeting Mercury for its rich resources … and the woman Mendoza loves, Elfrida Goto, is there. 

Mendoza risks his life to rescue Elfrida, but their relationship buckles as he's sucked into the struggle for the soul of humanity. The plotters intend to wage war on Mars, where humanity’s nemesis has its stronghold. And they have a new use for Mendoza. But there’s a fatal flaw in their plans. 

Will quick thinking save Mendoza … or are he and Elfrida doomed to perish in an atrocious act of genocide? 

The Luna Deception is the first novel in the Solarian War trilogy, Volume II of the Sol System Renegades series, an epic science fiction adventure that reviewers are calling a new classic in the space opera genre.

The Sol System Renegades series in chronological order:

Keep Off The Grass (short origin story)

Crapkiller (prequel novella)
The Elfrida Goto Trilogy
1. The Galapagos Incident
2. The Vesta Conspiracy
3. The Mercury Rebellion
A Very Merry Zero-Gravity Christmas (short story)
The Solarian War Trilogy
1. The Luna Deception
2. The Phobos Maneuver
3. The Mars Shock
The Callisto Gambit