

Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City, Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats “existence” as something that can be bought and sold.īroken Angels (2003) – Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. The story takes place some 500 years into the future, where The United Nations Interstellar Protectorate (also simply called The UN or The Protectorate), a totalitarian government, monitors humanity, which has settled on a number of planets.Īltered Carbon (2002) – Ex-U.N. Morgan’s Takeshi Kovacs series (also known as the Altered Carbon series) is a Cyberpunk trilogy featuring Takeshi Kovacs, an ex-UN elite soldier turned criminal/mercenary/bodyguard/detective who makes a living by combining his problem-solving skills with psychotic brutality. You might even say it’s a pointless distinction.” “Reality is so flexible these days, it’s hard to tell who’s disconnected from it and who isn’t.
