WOKEN FURIES
Richard Morgan Gollancz 2005 PB436pp
“The place they woke me in would have been carefully prepared.”
Despite the front cover recommendation from Peter. F Hamilton, i borrowed this book from the library – good move on my part, i say.
Setin a distant future – far from earth. humans now have ‘cortical stacks’ - chips in the back of our necks which upload memories, feelings, experience etc. so in the event of death, these can be removed and put in a new ‘sleeve’ - a vat grown body coming with various enhancements etc. much murder and mayhem can occur when you can carry around the personality of someone in your pocket. And it does.
Ourhero takeshi kovacs – ex uber-soldier – is on a one man mission of revenge when old ties/old friends/old enemies resurface. he is quite a cool character and this book is very well written – the world mr. Morgan creates is very detailed and believable, and there are a number of very sympathetic characters that i enjoying going on adventures with. even a number of surprisingly poignant moments amidst all the battling and betrayal.
it was a book that I didn’t want to end with characters that i didn’t want to say goodbye to.
well done, Mr Morgan. well done.
- posted by FuschiaReads @ 3:23 PM
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