Takeshi Kovacs, a futuristic soldier, is hired by a wealthy man (Laurens Bancroft) to find out who killed him. The police ruled his death a suicide. In this society, people can be 'sleeved' in different bodies even if they died, so long as an implant at the base of their skull is intact. The book is about Kovac's attempts to find out if Bancroft did commit suicide or was murdered.

Kovac's conflicts of interest, and how he resolves them

The gratuitous and explicit sex scene

Read the next one - or buy a copy! It's not even in bookstores where I live, the local university ordered a UK print of it.

Happy - I enjoyed reading it! And also tired - I stayed up too late finishing it

has a brillant descriptive mind

It's a mystery - you're kept guessing the whole time

It's very explicit in parts, violence and sex.

This book is for mature audiences that love a good mystery, or a good science fiction book. Altered Carbon is the perfect blend of those two genres.

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