Broken Angels: Netflix Altered Carbon book 2

by Richard Morgan, Todd McLaren (Narrator)

Fifty years after the events of ALTERED CARBON, Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate-sponsored war to put down Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV. He is offered the chance to join a covert team chasing a prize whose value is limitless - and whose dangers are endless. Here is a novel that takes mankind to the brink.

A breakneck-paced crime thriller, ALTERED CARBON took its readers deep into the universe Morgan had so compellingly realised without ever letting them escape the onward rush of the plot. BROKEN ANGELS melds SF, the war novel and the spy thriller to take the reader below the surface of this future and lay bare the treacheries, betrayals and follies that leave man so ill-prepared for the legacy he has been the stars. This is SF at its dizzying superb, yet subtle, world-building; strong yet sensitive characterisation; awesome yet believable technology, thilling yet profound writing. Richard Morgan is set to join the genre's world-wide elite.

Read by Todd McLaren

(p) 2005 Tantor, Inc

Audible Audio

Published November 27, 2014

About the author

Richard Morgan is a children's book illustrator, whose books for Random House Children's Books include Oops, Sorry (2003), The Funny Tummy Book (2000) and The Rat-a-tat Hat Book (2000). In the past Richard has worked for Disney and has created characters for greeting cards. He lives with his wife and daughter near Cambridge. [from Random House author bio]

He also writes/illustrates under the name "Maddy Rose".

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid follow-up from the first, but Altered Carbon is easily the better of the two. This book was harder to get into, but once it picks up it kept my interest as well as A.C.
This novel definitely strays from the original futuristic noir genre from the first book for a more action-y sci fi feel, but the writing style helps with the transition.
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[Reagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a violent world with violent people who are put in situations that require violence to survive.
For that reason this book can be hard to read at times.
The story is good, but cynical.