He's mooning over a character from Altered Carbon that he wasn't actually mooning over at the end of that book. And that's not even counting the war in the background.Ĥ. I also get somewhat of an impression that the author is revealing his own appetites, which makes me uncomfortable.ģ. The sex in the second book seemed more because the author wants to get his Kovacs character laid. The sex in the first book fit with the plot. Or maybe just let the reader figure out the subtleties of phrasing on their own, like most writers do. Which is not only distracting but also makes it hard to parse. Is this one of those cases where a successful author isn't subject to as much editorial control?Ī difference that doesn't bother me is that Broken Angels is more SF and less murder mystery than Altered Carbon.
But armed with his genetically engineered instincts, and his trusty twin Kalashnikovs, Takeshi is ready to take on anything - and let the devil take whoever’s left behind.Ī very different book from Altered Carbon. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnolgy with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store. So when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he’s only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planet’s government put down a bloody revolution.īut when it comes to taking sides, the only one Kovacs is ever really on is his own. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers - and bodies - once more.
Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn’t just for planet Earth anymore and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another.Ĭynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N.
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