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Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors with his fast-moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work. And now he's back, with his first SF novel for eight years . . . and it promises to be a publication to remember. An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Madekwe, part of a colonial audit team investigating a disappeared lottery winner on Mars. But when Madekwe is abducted, and Hakan nearly killed, the investigation takes him farther and deeper than he had ever expected. And soon Hakan discovers the heavy price he may have to pay to learn the truth.
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Richard Morgan returns on top form. A dark and gritty story set in the seedy world of Martian politics and crime. Spiced up with a flavouring of testosterone fuelled violence and graphic sex.
I expected a Black Man sequel (I loved Black Man, still think it one of the best scifis ever), but actually got an Altered Carbon clone (I did not like either the book, or the tv series). Also, this book is waaay too heavy with descriptions and jargon for its own good. Failed completely to engage me, but I do hate the detective genre and love the military scifi, so my own disappointment might have made it feel worse than it actually is. I am not sure. What I do know for sure is that after Black Man i thought I am a Morgan fan, after Altered Carbon and Land Fit for Heroes had serious doubts, now I definitely can tell I am not. And will not try his future books.
