Thin Air: A Novel

Thin Air: A Novel

<b>An atmospheric tale of corruption and abduction set on Mars, from the author of the award-winning science fiction novel <i>Altered Carbon, </i>now an exciting new series from Netflix.</b><br> <br><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>THE GUARDIAN</i></b><br> <br>Hakan Veil is an ex–corporate enforcer equipped with military-grade body tech that’s made him a human killing machine. His former employers have abandoned him on a turbulent Mars where Earth-based overlords battle for profits and power amid a homegrown independence movement. But he’s had enough of the red planet, and all he wants is a ticket back home—which is just what he’s offered by the Earth Oversight organization, in exchange for being the bodyguard for an EO investigator. It’s a beyond-easy gig for a heavy hitter like Veil . . . until it isn’t.<br> <br>When Veil’s charge starts looking into the mysterious disappearance of a lottery winner, it stirs up a hornet’s nest of intrigue and murder. And the deeper Veil is drawn into the game, the more long-buried secrets claw their way to the Martian surface. Now it’s the expert assassin poised against powerful enemies hellbent on taking him down—by any means necessary.<br> <br><b>Praise for <i>Thin Air</i></b><br> <br>“Kick-ass . . . Mixed in with the thriller-esque action and cyberpunk backdrop is a hard-boiled noir story complete with a twisting and turning plot that keeps readers on their toes.”<b>—<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br> <br>“Richard K. Morgan wants to destroy your Mars fantasies. . . . It’s a grim vision, but one that Morgan finds far more plausible than the cheerful visions of plucky Mars colonists common in sci-fi<b>.”—<i>Wired</i></b><br> <br>“A robotically enhanced Jack Reacher [in a] dazzlingly intricate game of political double- and triple-cross, spiced with tastily kinetic battle sequences.”<b>—<i>The Guardian</i></b><br> <br>“If you ever imagined that the core esthetics and themes of cyberpunk—lowlifes and high tech; corporate dominance; future noir; post-human evolution and cyborg adaptations; hardscrabble urban environments—were played out, <i>Thin Air</i> will set you straight, and kick your butt in the process. . . . Both kinematic and cinematic, [<i>Thin Air </i>is] limned by Morgan with balletic precision and smashmouth grace.”<b>—Paul Di Filippo, <i>Locus</i></b>