Altered Carbon Av Richard Morgan

<p><b>MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES </b><br><br>This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.<br><br>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.<br><br>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, <b>Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.</b></p>