Richard K. Morgan

In the distant future, the human body is a temporary and interchangeable commodity - if you can pay. For the interstellar elite, bodies are swapped out and reused without a second thought. You never grow old; you never die. However, some bodies are more temporary than others ... Takeshi Kovacs was once a member of the Envoy Corps, stormtroopers for the Interstellar Earth Protectorate, ultra-lethal adepts in switching bodies across the stars. While he served, he was known by a variety of names--Mamba Lev, One Hand Rending, the Icepick--all testament to his capacity for rapid response and extreme violence in whatever flesh he wore. Now he's out of the service and trying to live a different life. But the Protectorate hasn't changed its spots, no matter what world Kovacs drifts to, and with that old combat rage still burning deep inside him, will he ever really be able to walk away? Created by Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon was previously adapted as a Netflix television series. This original graphic novel, written by Rik Hoskin (Brandon Sanderson's White Sand/Pierce Brown's Red Rising, expands upon the Altered Carbon universe.

From the world of the best-selling trilogy of books and the hit Netflix show comes a new chapter in the ALTERED CARBON universe! In the future, bodies can be changed like clothes, giving life an entirely new meaning--or lack of meaning. 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. ALTERED CARBON writer/creator RICHARD K. MORGAN is joined by writer SCOTT BRYAN WILSON (Batman Annual, Batman: Gotham Nights) and artist MAX FUCHS (Halcyon Days) to deliver the original graphic novel ALTERED CARBON: ONE LIFE, ONE DEATH, a violent, galaxy-spanning adventure of prison breaks, political intrigue, and sinister machinations.

For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary. This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author. Titles in this includes Netflix Altered Carbon, Woken Furies and Broken Angels.

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 and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and 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 and to the very top of society.

The deadliest agent in the Marvel Universe has finally gotten out of the spy game, and she's not asking for much, just a life of her own. When a sudden assassination attempt provides a harsh reality check, the former Soviet agent tracks a string of international killings that will lead her back to a Russia she can barely recognize. Collecting: Black Widow 1-6

Hot on the tail of Richard K. Morgan's searing comics debut comes the further dark exploits of Natasha Romanova, the original Black Widow. Some say she's a traitor, some say she's a murderer... and what most say about her isn't even printable. But nobody denies that the former Cold War spy is a force to be reckoned with. The last man foolish enough to send killers after her paid the highest price, but his friends on Capitol Hill will ensure that Natasha doesn't get off easy... and not even Col. Nick Fury can protect her this time. Meanwhile, the survivors of Natasha's last tirade start coming back to haunt her... and they're beginning to join forces. Also featuring a guest appearance by Daredevil! Collecting: Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her 1-6

SUPERHELDIN OF SPION? Hoe bevrijd je een jong meisje dat vastzit in een crimineel netwerk wanneer je wordt gezocht door de regering van de Verenigde Staten, maar ook wordt achternagezeten door wraakzuchtige vijanden? Gelukkig is geen missie te gevaarlijk voor Black Widow! Het pad van Natasha Romanoff kruist in deze bundel dat van Daredevil en Yelena Belova, de andere spion die de titel Black Widow draagt. In deze reeks schitteren de sterren van het Marvel-universum in hun donkerste avonturen!

Collects Black Widow (2004) #1-6, Black The Things They Say About Her (2005) #1-6. The deadliest agent in the Marvel Universe has finally gotten out of the spy game! The Black Widow's not asking much — just a life of her own. But an assassination attempt provides a harsh reality check, kicking off a string of international killings that leads Natasha Romanoff back to a Russia she can barely recognize. Whoever said you can't go home again never reckoned with the Black Widow! People may say that she's a traitor, a murderer or worse. But one thing's for sure — the Black Widow is not to be crossed! The last man foolish enough to do so paid the highest price, but his powerful friends will ensure that Natasha doesn't get off easy - and not even Nick Fury can protect her this time!

Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn’t just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another. Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers - and bodies - once more... trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planet’s government put down a bloody revolution. But when it comes to taking sides, the only one Kovacs is ever really on is his own. So when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he’s only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnolgy with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store. But armed with his genetically engineered instincts, and his trusty twin Kalashnikovs, Takeshi is ready to take on anything — and let the devil take whoever’s left behind.

Premiul Philip K. Dick 2003 Cand vor intreba cum am murit, spune-le: la fel de furios. Prin stocarea spiritului intr-o memorie corticala care poate fi inserata in alt corp, moartea devine un detaliu. Ucis in mod violent pe campul de lupta, fostul agent special Takeshi Kovacs este reintrupat cu ajutorul magnatului Bancroft, pentru a rezolva misterul mortii acestuia. In aparenta, o sinucidere. Dar cand viata se afla la doar o reactualizare distanta, sa-ti pui capat zilelor poate parea absurd. Un demon electronic, un spirit malign ce traia sub forma de carbon modificat si aparea doar ca sa distruga si sa ucida. Captivant si extrem de interesant. Stilul lui Richard Morgan este intens, iar teserea intrigii ingenioasa. - The Philadelphia Inquirer Un mixt intre literatura science-fiction autentica si povestea clasica a detectivului privat din literatura noir. - Orlando Sentinel Un debut remarcabil prin fuziunea perfecta dintre cyberpunkul agresiv si genul detectiv hard-boiled. - London Times Un hibrid SF/crime incitant, cu intriga complexa (dar intotdeauna plauzibila), cu atmosfera noir intensa si suficient de dinamic pentru a-l multumi pana si pe cel mai impatimit fan de thrillere. - SF Site

Takeshi Kovacs, mercenario y antiguo emisario colonial, había sido juzgado, condenado y almacenado. Pero lo transmiten a la Tierra y lo reaniman en una funda de policía a instancias de un millonario… que le pide que investigue su reciente asesinato. En un futuro en el que se ha vencido a la muerte, el crimen toma derroteros insospechados. Carbono modificado fue la tarjeta de presentación de Richard Morgan, el punto de arranque de una trilogía explosiva en la que el gusto por el género negro del ciberpunk se extrapola a un futuro tecnológico ultraviolento. Una trama adictiva que explora sin concesiones los límites físicos, sociales y psicológicos de nuestra naturaleza, y de la que se espera su próxima adaptación como serie en Netflix.

¿Cómo rescatar a una joven atrapada en una red Criminal cuando, a la vez, te busca el Gobierno de los EE. UU. y te persiguen enemigos que buscan venganza? Por suerte, no hay misión demasiado peligrosa para la Viuda Negra. El camino de Natasha Romanoff se cruzará con el de Daredevil y Yelena Belova, la otra espía que ostenta el título de la Viuda Negra.

Natasza Romanowa, niegdyś śmiertelnie niebezpieczna agentka radzieckiego i amerykańskiego wywiadu, pragnie już tylko żyć po swojemu. Lecz ktoś najwyraźniej życzy jej śmierci. Legendarna Czarna Wdowa musi więc wrócić do gry i rozpocząć śledztwo, które zaprowadzi ją do Rosji – domu, który ledwie poznaje, i przeszłości, której wolałaby nie pamiętać. (z Gildia.pl)

IL MONDO SONNECCHIA IMMERSO negli sporchi compromessi e nella violenza di sempre. Eppure c'è qualcosa che non va. Ringil Eskiath porta avanti la sua guerra privata contro i mercanti di schiavi, e dentro di lui cova una voragine che potrebbe farlo sprofondare ma che alimenta anche nuovi, spaventosi poteri. Archeth, l'ultima Kiriath, lotta per far evolvere l'Impero, ma si trova ad affrontare le sue più segrete speranze, e i suoi terrori, proprio là dove i due sentimenti si confondono. Egar Rovina del Drago, irrequieto e deluso, intercetta il filo che sembra condurre alla scoperta di un pericolo agghiacciante. Perché un antico male solo addormentato si sta risvegliando, con tutto il suo carico di bellezza e orrore. In questo secondo capitolo della sua fosca trilogia, Richard K. Morgan alza ulteriormente il tiro dell'audace traiettoria, facendo affondare i suoi eroi nella nebbia del dubbio e nella lotta contro i loro sogni spezzati. Una palude di disperazione da guadare stringendosi al petto i pochi amori che non cedono, e per i quali c'è il rischio di spingersi dove loro stessi, forse, non ci riconoscerebbero più.

LA GUERRA CONTRO IL POPOLO DELLE SQUAME è finita, ma gli uomini non hanno bisogno di mostri per dilaniarsi tra loro. L'aristocratico Ringil Eskiath, giovane eroe della resistenza, vive in esilio volontario, disprezzato per la sua omosessualità. Egar Rovina del Drago, capo dei barbari delle steppe, non trova pace tra gli agi del Sud ma neppure nella semplice vita guerresca della sua vecchia patria. Archeth Indamaninarmal, ultima erede degli alieni Kiriath e della loro tecnologia prodigiosa, cerca di far progredire l'Impero dei mortali e affoga il proprio senso di abbandono nelle droghe. Tre solitudini, tre eroismi rinnegati e incompresi, tre vite spezzate che si sono conosciute durante il conflitto, legandosi in un'amicizia che adesso dovrà affrontare una nuova sconvolgente minaccia. Al pari dei suoi bestseller cyberpunk, con questa sinistra e superba trilogia fantasy Richard K. Morgan ha realizzato un capolavoro che ha fatto scuola e ha spinto il grimdark verso nuovi scioccanti confini, contaminandolo col noir e la fantascienza, fondendo Le Guin, Moorcock e Murakami. Un viaggio spettrale attraverso un mondo fastoso e feroce, nel quale resiste tuttavia la tensione verso qualcosa a cui aggrapparsi nella tempesta che tutto travolge.

A coup in Cambodia. Guns to Guatemala. For the men and women of Shorn Associates, opportunity is calling. In the superheated global village of the near future, big money is made by finding the right little war and supporting one side against the other–in exchange for a share of the spoils. To succeed, Shorn uses a new kind of corporate gladiator: sharp-suited, hard-driving gunslingers who operate armored vehicles and follow a Samurai code. And Chris Faulkner is just the man for the job. He fought his way out of London’s zone of destitution. And his kills are making him famous. But unlike his best friend and competitor at Shorn, Faulkner has a side that outsiders cannot see: the side his wife is trying to salvage, that another woman–a porn star turned TV news reporter–is trying to exploit. Steeped in blood, eyed by common criminals looking for a shot at fame, Faulkner is living on borrowed time. Until he’s given one last shot at getting out alive. . . .

W dwudziestym szóstym wieku ludzkość rozprzestrzeniła się po galaktyce, zabierając ze sobą w zimny kosmos podziały rasowe i religijne. Pomimo napięć i wybuchających tu i ówdzie krwawych wojen, Protektorat NZ trzyma nowe światy żelazną ręką, wykorzystując do tego elitarne oddziały uderzeniowe: Korpus Emisariuszy. To, czego nie mogła zagwarantować religia, zapewniła technika. Teraz, gdy świadomość można zapisać w stosie korowym i w prosty sposób przenieść do nowego ciała, śmierć stała się zaledwie drobną niedogodnością. O ile tylko stać cię na nowe ciało... Były Emisariusz NZ, Takeshi Kovacs, zna smak umierania, to ryzyko zawodowe. Lecz ostatnia śmierć była szczególnie brutalna. Przetransferowany strunowo na odległość wielu lat świetlnych, upowłokowiony w nowym ciele w San Francisco na Starej Ziemi i rzucony w środek spisku bezwzględnego nawet jak na standardy społeczeństwa, które zapomniało o wartości ludzkiego życia, szybko uświadamia sobie, że pocisk, który wybił dziurę w jego piersi na Świecie Harlana, to dopiero początek problemów.

Hakan Veil is back, and he's pissed off. He's an Overrider by trade - gene-tweaked to cryo-sleep shipboard across interplanetary space, but wake up running hot and save the day if ever things go wrong: take out the pirate assault team before they can board, put down the mutiny before it can take hold, save the ship from whatever ails it - meteor strike, hull breach, crew crisis, reactor failure, fuel or atmosphere leak - and bring the cargo safely home. Fast-thinking, no need for sleep, running on stored energy that lets him work hard and fast until the situation is resolved, he's the ultimate First Responder, hardwired to fix the problem, whatever and wherever it is. At the other end of the cycle - getting ready to hibernate for a solid few months - it's a different story. Slower, eating more, not quite so crisp. Because by then the emergency is supposed to be over. Exiled by his employers to Mars for failing to execute a captive, Veil found himself thrust into the violent chaos arising from the Earth Oversight audit. He took out the powerful and corrupt with extreme prejudice, uncovered a major political conspiracy, defeated a cell of hardened undercover spec ops provocateurs. In the end, he brought a rough and ready kind of stability to the faction-riven Red Planet. You could say he's owed some much needed downtime. Only now there's a new f*cking emergency. And it's only just getting up to speed. The son of a Martian corporate aristo has gone missing under mysterious circumstances; a charismatic tech-messiah believed long dead appears to be back in business at the head of his cult; and high above the Martian surface, military grade orbital platforms are falling out of the sky like storm-struck birds. Once again, Hakan Veil finds himself in the midst of rising chaos, and once again it looks like he's the only one equipped to deal with the crisis. And he's in no mood for any of it.

Završni roman u trilogiji o Takešiju Kovaču. Pomešavši senzibilitete noara sa razigranom futurističkom vizijom doba u kojem je smrt postala gotovo besmislena, Ričard K. Morgan se vraća svojoj sagi o izdaji, misteriji i osveti kada se Takeši Kovač, u jednom fatalnom trenutku, udružuje sa tajanstvenom ženom koja bi mogla da bude dovoljno jaka da zauvek razori Harlanov Svet. U trenutku kada je nekolicina takozvanih svetih ljudi napala vitku lepoticu sa umreženom, hiperožičenom kosom, nekada pripadnik bande, potom marinac, a onda član Poslanstva koji je krstario univerzumom obučen da vrši pokolje i tlači ljude na međuzvezdanim udaljenostima, ranjeni, okrvavljeni Kovač odmarao se u jednoj kafani na Novom Hokaidu. Jedan kavaljerski kihotovski čin bio je dovoljan da se Kovač uvali u duboke nevolje u društvu žene sa dva imena, mnogim moćima i eksplozivnom prošlošću. U svetu gde su stvarno i virtuelno jedno te isto i gde mrtvi mogu biti vraćeni u život, gospa u opasnosti je možda niko drugi do zloglasna Kvelkrist Falkoner, u paru pretvoreni simbol slobode, koja je odavno nestala sa Harlanovog Sveta. Kovač može da izađe na kraj sa ludilom veštačke inteligencije. Može i da odigra svoju ulogu u borbi protiv podivljalih biomašina, da traga za tri veka starim nestalim sistemom naoružanja, i da živi u krvnoj zavadi sa jakuzama, pa čak i sa izdajom ljudi kojima je nekada verovao. Ali kada mu njegov odnos sa „Falkonerkom“ donese neprijatelja specijalno stvorenog da ga uništi, on zna da je došlo vreme da se uplaši. Na kraju krajeva, lik koga šalju da ga ubije je on sam: ali mlađi, jači i prispeo pravo iz pakla. Divlje, provokativne i neodoljive, Probuđene furije su čistokrvni naučnofantastični spektakl vrhunskih dometa – iz pera jednog od najoriginalnijih i najuzbudljivijih pripovedača koji danas stvaraju.

Oto nowy, turbodoładowany thriller prosto od wielokrotnie nagradzanego autora Modyfikowanego Węgla i Broken Angels. W tym świecie mordercy są gwiazdami, media – masową rozrywką, a wolność – raczej niebezpiecznym darem. Pucz w Kambodży. Zamachowcy w Gwatemali. Dla mężczyzn i kobiet z Inwestycji Konfliktowych Shorn to doskonała okazja. W rozgrzanej globalnej wiosce bliskiej przyszłości, najlepszym interesem jest znalezienie sobie odpowiedniej, małej wojenki i wspieranie jednej strony przeciwko drugiej – w zamian za udział w zyskach. Aby odnieść sukces w tej branży, Shorn używa nowego rodzaju korporacyjnych gladiatorów: dobrze ubranych i ostro prowadzących spluw do wynajęcia, którzy poruszają sie w pancernych maszynach i przestrzegają kodeksu samurajów. Chris Faulkner doskonale nadaje sie do tego zajęcia. Wybił się ponad Londyńską strefę destrukcji. A jego zabójstwa uczyniły go sławnym. Ale, w przeciwieństwie do swojego najlepszego przyjaciela i rywala z Shorn, Faulkner ma w sobie coś, czego nie dostrzegają ousiderzy. Coś, co próbuje uratować jego żona, a była gwiazda porno, która awansowała na reporterkę telewizyjną – wyeksploatować. Skąpany we krwi, będący na celowniku zwyczajnych kryminalistów liczących na swój „strzał sławy”, Faulkner żyje na kredyt. Dopóki nie dostanie ostatniej szansy na ujście z życiem.

Od dobitnika nagrada Artur Klark, Filip K. Dik i Džon Kembel. Dobro došli u sirov, brutalan novi svet dvadeset šestog veka u kojem globalna politika više ne obuhvata samo Zemlju i gde je smrt samo trenutni prekid akcije. Takeši Kovač, cinik lak na obaraču, više nije izaslanik UN ni privatni detektiv. Sada je plaćenik… Utočen u borbenu košuljicu Takeši Kovač služi kao plaćenik u malom brutalnom ratu koji Protektorat vodi protiv pobunjenika na Sankciji IV. Iskoristivši priliku da se pridruži ekipi specijalaca na tajnom zadatku u vezi s velikim arheološkim nalazištem, Takeši dospeva u uragan prevara i izdaja prema kojem sećanja na borbe na liniji fronta izgledaju gotovo nostalgično. Vrednost arheološkog nalazišta praktično je neograničena, a opasnosti koje ono krije – beskrajne. Korporacije su spremne da ubiju za takav plen, plen koji čovečanstvo dovodi do njegovih krajnjih granica. Roman Slomljeni anđeli prikazuje ogoljeno nasilje, zablude i puku ljudsku pohlepu u dvadeset šestom veku, pohlepu zbog koje je čovek tako nepripremljen za baštinu koja mu je prepuštena: za zvezde. „Morganovo vladanje naučnofantastičnim trilerom donelo je sasvim zaslužene pohvale žanru.“ Piter F. Hamilton

The otherworldly Kiriath once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic of the Aldrain, only to depart as mysteriously as they arrived. Now one of the Kiriath’s uncanny machines has fallen from orbit, with a message that humanity once more faces a grave danger: the Ilwrack Changeling, a boy raised to manhood in the ghostly realm of the Gray Places. Wrapped in sorcerous slumber on an island that drifts between this world and the Gray Places, the Ilwrack Changeling is stirring. When he wakes, the Aldrain will rally to him and return in force. But with the Kiriath long gone, humankind’s fate now depends on warrior Ringil Eskiath and his few, trusted allies. Undertaking a perilous journey to strike first against the Ilwrack Changeling, each of them seeks to outrun a haunted past and find redemption in the future. But redemption won’t come cheap. Nor, for that matter, will survival.

The final part of Richard Morgan's fast-moving and brutal fantasy brings Ringil to his final reckoning and sees the world tipping into another war with the dragon folk. And, most terrifying of all, the prophecy of a dark lord come to rule may be coming true very close to home ...

A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a cousin sold into slavery, Gil sets out to track her down. But it soon becomes apparent that more is at stake than the fate of one young woman. Grim sorceries are awakening in the land. Some speak in whispers of the return of the Aldrain, a race of widely feared, cruel yet beautiful demons. Now Gil and two old comrades are all that stand in the way of a prophecy whose fulfillment will drown an entire world in blood. But with heroes like these, the cure is likely to be worse than the disease.

An atmospheric tale of corruption and abduction set on Mars, from the author of the award-winning science fiction novel Altered Carbon, now an exciting new series from Netflix. An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Jegede, part of a colonial audit team investigating a disappeared lottery winner on Mars. But when Jegede is abducted, and Hakan nearly killed, the investigation takes him farther and deeper than he had ever expected. And soon Hakan discovers the heavy price he may have to pay to learn the truth.

The future isn’t what it used to be since Richard K. Morgan arrived on the scene. He unleashed Takeshi Kovacs–private eye, soldier of fortune, and all-purpose antihero–into the body-swapping, hard-boiled, urban jungle of tomorrow in Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies, winning the Philip K. Dick Award in the process. In Market Forces, he launched corporate gladiator Chris Faulkner into the brave new business of war-for-profit. Now, in Thirteen, Morgan radically reshapes and recharges science fiction yet again, with a new and unforgettable hero in Carl Marsalis: hybrid, hired gun, and a man without a country . . . or a planet. Marsalis is one of a new breed. Literally. Genetically engineered by the U.S. government to embody the naked aggression and primal survival skills that centuries of civilization have erased from humankind, Thirteens were intended to be the ultimate military fighting force. The project was scuttled, however, when a fearful public branded the supersoldiers dangerous mutants, dooming the Thirteens to forced exile on Earth’s distant, desolate Mars colony. But Marsalis found a way to slip back–and into a lucrative living as a bounty hunter and hit man before a police sting landed him in prison–a fate worse than Mars, and much more dangerous. Luckily, his “enhanced” life also seems to be a charmed one. A new chance at freedom beckons, courtesy of the government. All Marsalis has to do is use his superior skills to bring in another fugitive. But this one is no common criminal. He’s another Thirteen–one who’s already shanghaied a space shuttle, butchered its crew, and left a trail of bodies in his wake on a bloody cross-country spree. And like his pursuer, he was bred to fight to the death. Still, there’s no question Marsalis will take the job. Though it will draw him deep into violence, treachery, corruption, and painful confrontation with himself, anything is better than remaining a prisoner. The real question is: can he remain sane–and alive–long enough to succeed? 2007 1st Ed Del Rey 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Upowłokowiony w uszkodzone ciało bojowe Klina Takeshi Kovacs służy jako najemnik w sponsorowanej przez Protektorat, brutalnej wojnie domowej, mającej zdławić rewolucję na Sanction IV. Korzystając z szansy dołączenia do tajnej ekspedycji, mającej zabezpieczyć znalezisko archeologiczne, Takeshi wpada w wir zdrady i oszustw, przy których front wydaje się miłym wspomnieniem. Poszukiwany obiekt jest bezcenny i niesie ze sobą niezliczone zagrożenia. To znalezisko, dla którego korporacje będą zabijać. Odkrycie, które zmieni ludzkość. Upadłe Anioły zdzierają powłokę z 26. wieku, odsłaniając nagą przemoc, głupotę i czystą chciwość, które sprawiają, że człowiek okazuje się zupełnie nieprzygotowany na odkryte dziedzictwo: gwiazdy. Oto SF najwyższej jakości: fantastyczny i równocześnie subtelnie opisany świat; silne, a przy tym wrażliwe postacie, niesamowita, lecz wiarygodna technika, ekscytujące, a zarazem głębokie pisarstwo. Richard Morgan dołączył do światowej elity fantastyki naukowej.

Contiene Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her 1-6 USA. Algunos dicen que ella es una traidora. Algunos dicen que es una asesina. Algunos dicen cosas que ni siquiera pueden imprimirse. Pero nadie niega la capacidad de Natasha Romanova, la Viuda Negra original, para lograr siempre lo que quiere. El último hombre que quiso acabar con su vida ha pagado con la suya a cambio, pero sus amigos no están dispuestos a rendirse. La leyenda del cómic Bill Sienkiewicz se une a Sean Phillips, ganador del premio Eisner, en esta saga al rojo vivo. Guión: Richard K. Morgan Dibujo: Sean Phillips, Bill Sienkiewicz

This is high action, ideas driven noir SF of the highest order. Morgan has already established himself as an SF author of global significance. Takeshi Kovacs has come home. Home to Harlan's World. An ocean planet with only 5 percent of its landmass poking above the dangerous and unpredictable seas. Try and get above the weather in anything more sophisticated than a helicopter and the Martian orbital platforms will burn you out of the sky. And death doesn't just wait for you in the seas and the skies. On land, from the tropical beaches and swamps of Kossuth to the icy, machine-infested wastes of New Hokkaido the hard won gains of the Quellist revolution have been lost. The First Families, the corporations and the Yakuza have a stranglehold on everything. Embarked on a journey of implacable retribution for a lost love, Kovacs is blown off course and into a maelstrom of political intrigue and technological mystery as the ghosts of Harlan's World and his own violent past rise to claim their due. Quellcrist Falconer is back from the dead, they say and hunting her down for the First Families is a savage young Envoy called Kovacs who's been in storage.

Takeshi Kovacs wrócił do domu. Na Świat Harlana. Oceaniczną planetę, gdzie tylko pięć procent powierzchni wystaje nad niebezpieczne i nieprzewidywalne morza. I gdzie próba wzbicia się nad chmury czymś bardziej zaawansowanym technicznie od śmigłowca kończy się zestrzeleniem przez platformy orbitalne Marsjan. Jednakże śmierć nie czyha tylko w morzach i na niebie. Na ziemi, od tropikalnych plaż i bagien Kossutha do lodowatych, rojących się od maszyn pustkowi Nowego Hokkaido utracone zostały z trudem wywalczone zdobycze quellistowskiej rewolucji. Wszystko kontrolują Pierwsze Rodziny, korporacje i yakuza. Wiedziony pragnieniem zemsty za utraconą miłość Kovacs trafia w wir intryg politycznych i technologicznych tajemnic, które niosą ze sobą zbudzone duchy Świata Harlana i jego własnej, brutalnej przeszłości. Krążą pogłoski, że Quellcrista Falconer powstała z martwych, a na zlecenie Pierwszych Rodzin poluje na nią bezlitosny młody Emisariusz Kovacs, który spędził w przechowalni dwieście lat i nie zamierza dzielić się życiem z wypalonym, podstarzałym i zbrukanym przestępstwami sobą. Wokół jest pełno gangsterów, łowców nagród, sekt religijnych i rewolucjonistów, z których każdy chce uszczknąć coś dla siebie - z czego? Tego właśnie próbuje dojść Kovacs. Wśród narastającego chaosu tylko jedno jest jasne - w którymś momencie ktoś, kto nazywa się Takeshi Kovacs, będzie musiał zginąć. Na dobre.