(W) Richard K. Morgan, Rik Hoskin (A/CA) Ferran
Sellares
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.
