Altered Carbon

Morgan, Richard

ISBN 10: 0739432141 / ISBN 13: 9780739432143

Published by The Ballantine Book Publishing Group, 2002

Signed and inscribed by Richard Morgan on title page. Book Club Edition, first American hardcover edition, published by Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 2002. Hardcover in jacket. Smudge to page 303. Text is unmarked. Binding strong. Light edge wear. Very good condition. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Uncommon edition to find signed. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # 230725006

Synopsis:

In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco, now with a rusted, dilapidated Golden Gate Bridge), Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats "existence" as something that can be bought and sold. For Kovacs, the shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning. . . .

Bibliographic Details

Title: Altered Carbon
Publisher: The Ballantine Book Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: Book Club Edition.