Seeking book identification - physically augmented femal solder travels galaxy working for mining company

Hi,

Help, please! I'm hoping someone on the list can help identify my patron's =
book. He's looking for a book he remembers reading about 3 years ago. Here'=
s the information my patron supplied:=20

Male author: ( I thought the name was David Brinn, we'll see how close that
ends up being)
Book: hard back about 300 pages
Time: about 100 years in the future
Lead character: female Korean ancestry physically augmented soldier, story
told mostly as she sees it
Second lead: Alex or Alec is AI entity that inhabits avatar style the
bodies he leases
Plot: they travel about the galaxy working for a company that is mining
entanglement mineral
There are clonal clans that are evolving into powerful entities.
One of the last scenes in Israel involves invisible mind controlled avatars
and a Golem
The lead characters are the good guys but there is a lot of gray creeping i=
n
Lot's of action good 3-D lovable character

Does anyone recognize the description?

Thanks, everyone!
Cristine

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