Synopsis
Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn't just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another. Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more . . . trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planet's government put down a bloody revolution. But when it comes to taking sides, the only one Kovacs is ever really on is his own. So when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he's only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnolgy with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store. But armed with his genetically engineered instincts, and his trusty twin Kalashnikovs, Takeshi is ready to take on anythingand let the devil take whoever's left behind.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 0345457714
ISBN-13 9780345457714
Key Details
Author Richard K. Morgan, Richard Morgan
Number Of Pages 384 pages
Format Paperback
Publication Date 2004-03-02
Language English
Publisher Random House Publishing Group
Additional Details
Copyright Date 2004
Dimensions
Weight 13.5 Oz
Height 0.9 In.
Width 6 In.
Length 9.2 In.
Target Audience
Group Trade
Classification Method
LCCN 2003-062515
LC Classification Number PS3613.O748B76 2004
Dewey Decimal 813/.6
Dewey Edition 22
Reviews
"A cinema-rich world rivaling that of Philip K. Dick." USA Today "Morgan writes with . . . panache and conviction. . . . Drenched in brutality and yet with a sensitivity in the [narrative], it seems a fairly safe bet Morgan's going to be a heavy hitter in the genre." SFX magazine "FAST-PACED AND POPULATED WITH A DELICIOUSLY SEEDY CAST." Locus
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The book was read one time. It is in excellent condition.
