{"product_id":"9780575081246","title":"Altered Carbon","description":"Author: Richard Morgan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780575081246\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697700917406,"sku":"ADS-9780575081246","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780575081246.jpg?v=1775718763","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780575081246","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}