{"product_id":"altered-carbon-richard-k-morgan-9780345457684","title":"Altered Carbon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX - The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this \"tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or \"sleeve\") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco, now with a rusted, dilapidated Golden Gate Bridge), 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard K. Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0345457684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345457684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 1741\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 60 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2003 pg. 1060\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2003 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/24\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2003 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2003 pg. 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2003 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2003","brand":"Richard K. Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053741437183,"sku":"9780345457684","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f6f2905-1526-4b10-9078-80e491b7171d.jpg?v=1685026007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/altered-carbon-richard-k-morgan-9780345457684","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}