All science fiction tends to be tainted by suspicions of being programming, and this is certainly no exception. But despite being a story about AI later made into a series by Netflix, I still think it's great. Up there with the best sci-fi classics and certainly my pick of Richard Morgan's books.
This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed
thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning
author.
Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.
But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised.
Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.
But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised.
Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body,
Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known
space and to the very top of society.
