{"product_id":"altered-carbon","title":"Altered Carbon","description":"Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.\n\nBut some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn?t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.\n\nFor a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary.","brand":"Richard Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Orion \/ 09 Sep 2002 \/ B47","offer_id":53942894428501,"sku":"9780575073906","price":3.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9780575073906.webp?v=1779031683","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/altered-carbon","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}