Richard K Morgan
1) Woken furies
Author
Series
Takeshi Kovacs novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Once a gang member, then a marine, then a galaxy-hopping Envoy trained to wreak slaughter and suppression across the stars, a bleeding, wounded Kovacs was chilling out in a New Hokkaido bar when some so-called holy men descended on a slim beauty with tangled, hyperwired hair. An act of quixotic chivalry later and Kovacs was in deep: mixed up with a woman with two names, many powers, and one explosive history"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, the human body is a temporary and interchangeable commodity--if you can pay. For the interstellar elite, bodies are swapped out and reused without a second thought. You never grow old; you never die. However, some bodies are more temporary than others ... Takeshi Kovacs was once a member of the Envoy Corps, stormtroopers for the Interstellar Earth Protectorate, ultra-lethal adepts in switching bodies across the stars. While...
3) Thin air
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"On a Mars where ruthless commercial interests violently collide with a homegrown independence movement, as Earth-based overlords battle for profits and power, Hakan Veil is an ex-corporate enforcer equipped with military-grade body tech that's made him a human killing machine. But he's had enough of the turbulent red planet, and all he wants is a ticket back home--which is just what he's offered by the Earth Oversight organization, in exchange for...
Author
Series
Takeshi Kovacs novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Takesi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in a Protectorate- sponsored war to crush a revolution on Sanction IV. After joining a covert team aimed to secure a coveted archeological prize, he's dropped into a storm of treachery and betrayal that makes the front lines seem like a happy memory. The prize they seek is one that corporations will kill for--one that will take humankind to the brink of possible extinction.