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Takeshi Kovacs (Related to this series)
- Author
- Richard Morgan
- Narrator
- Todd Mclaren
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 14 March 2013
- Run Time
- 17 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
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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, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.
For 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.
Read by Todd Mclaren
(p) 2005 Tantor, Inc
Critics Review
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Outstanding. An astonishing first novel
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An astonishing piece of work. Intriguing and inventive in equal proportions
Peter F Hamilton
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Details
- Author
- Richard Morgan
- Narrator
- Todd Mclaren
- Duration
- 17 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 March 2013
- ISBN
- 9781409146834
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Science fiction
Synopsis
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.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, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.For 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.Read by Todd Mclaren(p) 2005 Tantor, Inc
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