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.
