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 Review

In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful 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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 03/04/2003
ISBN: 9780345457684
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2002 pg. 1741
Library Journal 01/01/2003 pg. 164
Romantic Times 03/01/2003 pg. 60 - Excellent
Booklist 02/15/2003 pg. 1060
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2003 pg. 57
USA Today 03/24/2003 pg. 1
New York Times 06/15/2003 pg. 15
Asimov's Science Fiction 10/01/2003 pg. 234
LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/2004 pg. 51
New York Times 12/07/2003 pg. 86
Library Journal 01/15/2003