NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING NEW 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 ReviewIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, … eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. 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.
Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. 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.
Praise for Altered Carbon
“Compelling . . . immensely entertaining . . . [Richard] Morgan’s writing is vivid and his plotting inventive.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A fascinating trip . . . Pure high-octane science fiction mixes with the classic noir private-eye tale.”—Orlando Sentinel
“Gritty and vivid . . . looks as if we have another interstellar hero on our hands.”—USA Today
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What a super book. This is the kind of book you want to read again about a week after you finished it the first time. Bonus: the author is a master of original similes.
If you are here because of the NETFLIX series you came to the right place! The book is amazing an the series only scratches the surface. Don’t get me wrong, the series was great, but the book is so much richer. Definitely a series worth exploring.
It was one of the best books I’ve read in quite some time
These books are great definately recommend!
When you read this book, you have to pay attention and open your imagination up wide. Very well written, creative and captivating! Well worth my time. I don’t know if it is just me, but I had a little trouble following some places and keeping track. Now I am going to watch the series on Netflix!
Great look into future about traveling the universe at the speed of data/light and how things change and stay the same.