

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. 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. It is an awe-inspiring vision of a future living on stolen timeįour hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars.

This lightning fast, breathtaking violent 26th century thriller carries a weighty cargo of ideas and speculative science with graceful ease. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear, faint crease at spine.Īltered Carbon is a science fiction novel of extraordinary vision and depth.
