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S'està carregant… Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death (edició 2022)de Richard K. Morgan (Autor)
Informació de l'obraAltered Carbon: One Life, One Death de Richard K. Morgan
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"Takeshi Kovacs--once a member of the Envoy Corps, the elite, deadly troops of the Interstellar Earth Protectorate--now finds himself imprisoned... both in a jail and in an extremely weak body. When he learns that Envoys he served with in a battle he somehow can't remember have been stolen and sold to one of the richest people in the universe, Kovacs vows to rescue them and get revenge. Leaving behind a staggering body count as he blazes across the galaxy, he wonders why he has a hole in his memory... and what secrets that gap holds for understanding his future and himself."--Publisher. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)741.5The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, ComicsLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.5)
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First graphic novel from Altered Carbon universe was interesting but art was .... lets say weird at least to me. And it was disconcerting.
Here art is much much better. Overall story is for all means and purposes chapter 1, overture for more goody graphic novels to come in the future.
We follow Takeshi Kovacs as he finds himself targeted by police and then incarcerated into max security prison in unknown parts of space (equivalent of modern day black site). In order to make him more vulnerable Takeshi is resleeved in the body of old junkie. Why is this all happening is unknown to Takeshi. As time goes by he leanrs that somebody is asking about Envoy unit (Takeshi's former outfit) for reasons unknown. Only thing known is that unit was last seen executing virus containment operation on planet called Ito. With this single lead Takeshi manages to find who is actually trying to catch him but this will open another can of worms that will push Takeshi to do what he loves the most - go in with extreme prejudice.
From that point on Takeshi is good old himself, proof why Envoys are not supposed to roam the universe unsupervised. As the title says story is about the constant resleeving and (for all means and purposes) immortality (and effects of this on human psyche and behavior). But while some would expect only benefits coming out from this, Takeshi and his opposition show that everything can be used to create Hell on Earth. And here are some very disturbing elements on how to do this.
But as I said, ending of the book shows this is chapter 1 of (possibly larger) story arc. This was little a bit of a let down for me but OK, it is what it is. Even with this minus, book is still sold 4 stars for me.
Highly recommended. I hope new volume will come at least in next 12 months and not 4-5 years :) (