![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 Fictional history edit Novels edit Kovacs was human born in the city of Newpest, on Novemat the planet Harlans World. Morgan, which take place in or around the 26th century. 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.įor a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary. Takeshi Lev Kovacs is the protagonist in the books Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies by Richard K. 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. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.īut some things never change. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. From the world of the best-selling trilogy of books and the hit Netflix show comes a new chapter in the ALTERED CARBON universe In the future, bodies can be changed like clothes, giving life an entirely new meaningor lack of meaning. This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.įour hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. ![]()
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