{"product_id":"9780575081246","title":"Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES FEB 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan, Richard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Science Fiction)","offer_id":44083039535328,"sku":"","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/20459203.jpg?v=1689084830","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780575081246","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}