Fifty years after the events of Altered Carbon, Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate-sponsored war to suppress Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV. He is offered the chance to join a covert team pursuing a prize of limitless value and endless dangers. This novel takes mankind to the brink. A breakneck-paced crime thriller, Altered Carbon took its readers deep into the universe Morgan had so compellingly realized without ever allowing them to escape the onward rush of the plot. Broken Angels melds science fiction, the war novel, and the spy thriller to take the reader below the surface of this future and expose the treacheries, betrayals, and follies that leave humanity ill-prepared for the legacy it has been given: the stars. This is science fiction at its dizzying best: superb yet subtle world-building; strong yet sensitive characterization; awesome yet believable technology; thrilling yet profound writing. Richard Morgan is set to join the genre's worldwide elite.