Science fiction · Thriller
Altered Carbon
In a future where minds can be stored and moved between bodies, a hard-edged former soldier is revived in a stranger's body to investigate the apparent suicide of a very rich man. The rich man claims it was murder.
- First published
- 2002
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like violent, noir-flavoured science fiction with a cynical lead and a twisty case.
Skip this if you are put off by graphic violence, torture and a bleak view of the powerful.
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