MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES FEB 2018 This must-read story is a confident action-&-violence packed thriller & future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author 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 & hyperspatial data-casting Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars & downloaded into bodies as a matter of course But some things never change So when ex-envoy now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness & skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug & 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 & to the very top of society For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative & technology so brilliant at world-building so able to write such readable & enjoyable SF adventure is simply extraordinary