![]() ![]() envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. For every piece of John Woo action there is a stunning piece of reflective description, a compelling sense of place, and abundant 24-karat witticisms." -SFX Magazine From the Back Cover What makes Altered Carbon a winner is the quality of Morgan's prose. Intriguing and inventive in equal proportions and refuses to let go until the last page." -Peter Hamilton "An exciting sf/crime hybrid, with an intricate (but always plausible) plot, a powerful noir atmosphere, and enough explosive action to satisfy the most die-hard thriller fan." -SF Site Altered Carbon hits the floor running and then starts to accelerate. "This seamless marriage of hardcore cyberpunk and hard-boiled detective tale is an astonishing first novel." -London Times looks as if we have another interstellar hero on our hands." - USA Today Pure high-octane science fiction mixes with the classic noir private-eye tale." - Orlando Sentinel "Ferociously readable." - The New York Times Book Review Morgan's writing is vivid and his plotting inventive." - The Philadelphia Inquirer Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco, now with a rusted, dilapidated Golden Gate Bridge), Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats "existence" as something that can be bought and sold. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.Įx-U.N. ![]() ![]() NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX - The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this "tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction."- The New York Times Book Review In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. ![]()
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