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. trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire. . . envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more .
Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.
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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