Altered Carbon

Coming to Netflix in 2018, 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. 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. For 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.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Morgan
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781473223677
• ISBN: 978-1-4732-2367-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Takeshi Kovacs; GOLLANCZ S.F.; Altered Carbon; Takeshi Kovacs; GOLLANCZ S.F.; Altered Carbon
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Military