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PublisherRandom House Worlds
ISBN-100345499778
ISBN-139780345499776
eBay Product ID (ePID)57089392
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Book TitleWoken Furies : a Takeshi Kovacs Novel
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year2007
GenreFiction
AuthorRichard K. Morgan
Book SeriesTakeshi Kovacs Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsPraise for Richard K. Morgan Market Forces "Morgan is one of science fiction's bright young lights, a crisp stylist who demonstrates equal facility with action scenes and angst." The New York Times Book Review "Forces is turbo-injected with moral ambiguity, Wag the Dog political scenarios, and action sequences fit for a Bruckheimer movie." Entertainment Weekly Altered Carbon "Compelling . . . immensely entertaining . . . full of duplicitous characters, murky motives, and a detective who's as tough as he looks." The Philadelphia Inquirer "Gritty and vivid . . . Looks as if we have another interstellar hero on our hands." USA Today Broken Angels "Clearly the work of a gifted, ambitious writer." The Washington Post Book World "A superior, satisfying cyberpunk noir adventure." Publishers Weekly From the Hardcover edition., Praise for Richard K. Morgan Market Forces "Morgan is one of science fiction's bright young lights, a crisp stylist who demonstrates equal facility with action scenes and angst." -The New York Times Book Review "Forces is turbo-injected with moral ambiguity, Wag the Dog political scenarios, and action sequences fit for a Bruckheimer movie." -Entertainment Weekly Altered Carbon "Compelling . . . immensely entertaining . . . full of duplicitous characters, murky motives, and a detective who's as tough as he looks." -The Philadelphia Inquirer "Gritty and vivid . . . Looks as if we have another interstellar hero on our hands." -USA Today Broken Angels "Clearly the work of a gifted, ambitious writer." -The Washington Post Book World "A superior, satisfying cyberpunk noir adventure." -Publishers Weekly, Praise for Richard K. Morgan Market Forces " Morgan is one of science fiction' s bright young lights, a crisp stylist who demonstrates equal facility with action scenes and angst." - The New York Times Book Review " Forces is turbo-injected with moral ambiguity, Wag the Dog political scenarios, and action sequences fit for a Bruckheimer movie." - Entertainment Weekly Altered Carbon " Compelling . . . immensely entertaining . . . full of duplicitous characters, murky motives, and a detective who' s as tough as he looks." - The Philadelphia Inquirer " Gritty and vivid . . . Looks as if we have another interstellar hero on our hands." - USA Today Broken Angels " Clearly the work of a gifted, ambitious writer." - The Washington Post Book World " A superior, satisfying cyberpunk noir adventure." - Publishers Weekly "From the Hardcover edition."
Series Volume Number3
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisRichard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, and has established a growing legion of fans. Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with a mysterious woman who may have the power to shatter Harlan' s World forever. 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. In a world where the real and virtual are one and the same and the dead can come back to life, the damsel in distress may be none other than the infamous Quellcrist Falconer, the vaporized symbol of a freedom now gone from Harlan' s World. Kovacs can deal with the madness of AI. He can do his part in a battle against biomachines gone wild, search for a three-centuries-old missing weapons system, and live with a blood feud with the yakuza, and even with the betrayal of people he once trusted. But when his relationship with " the" Falconer brings him an enemy specially designed to destroy him, he knows it' s time to be afraid. After all, the guy sent to kill him is himself: but younger, stronger, and straight out of hell. Wild, provocative, and riveting, Woken Furies isa full-bore science fiction spectacular of the highest order- from one of the most original and spellbinding storytellers at work today. "From the Hardcover edition.", Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Richard K. Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with a mysterious woman who may have the power to shatter Harlan's World forever. 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. In a world where the real and virtual are one and the same and the dead can come back to life, the damsel in distress may be none other than the infamous Quellcrist Falconer, the vaporized symbol of a freedom now gone from Harlan's World. Kovacs can deal with the madness of AI. He can do his part in a battle against biomachines gone wild, search for a three-centuries-old missing weapons system, and live with a blood feud with the yakuza, and even with the betrayal of people he once trusted. But when his relationship with "the" Falconer brings him an enemy specially designed to destroy him, he knows it's time to be afraid. After all, the guy sent to kill him is himself: but younger, stronger, and straight out of hell. Wild, provocative, and riveting, Woken Furies is a full-bore science fiction spectacular of the highest order--from one of the most original and spellbinding storytellers at work today.
