false 29397 16 Richard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, and has established a growing legion of fans. Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, 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&#8217;s World forever.<br><br>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.<br><br>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&#8217;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 &#8220;the&#8221; Falconer brings him an enemy specially designed to destroy him, he knows it&#8217;s time to be afraid. <br><br>After all, the guy sent to kill him is himself: but younger, stronger, and straight out of hell.<br><br>Wild, provocative, and riveting, Woken Furies is a full-bore science fiction spectacular of the highest order&#8211;from one of the most original and spellbinding storytellers at work today. 1745528 book 20 9 2005 Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs Novels) total:902|5:258|4:414|3:195|2:30|1:5| 902 3596 1198 64 4 1 false true Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:57:11 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 10:33:34 -0700 2008 Altered Carbon) repeated endlessly.
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I found "Woken Furies" rather confusing - Takeshi is back on Harlan's ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 20:38:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 20:47:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:55:38 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 22:14:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:58:51 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 01:05:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 16 23:31:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 23:33:00 -0700 2009
This review refers to the series (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels and Woken Furies). Great detective thriller, a film noir tone, and pretty good sci-fi thrown in as well. The ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 12 11:16:57 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 11:23:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:27:31 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:45:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 10:24:19 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 21:26:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 27 20:29:53 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 20:40:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 27 09:30:30 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 06:18:22 -0700 2008
All the hard-boiled machismo kind of wears thin after a while and it all comes of like a Brock Samson rampage. And the sex in the serie...more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 05:16:20 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 05:29:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 08:39:57 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 09:05:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:25:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 21:14:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:47:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:49:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 25 21:39:06 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 21:42:42 -0800 2008
This is the third book in a trilogy and you'll just be completely lost if you don't read the first two: Altered Carbon an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 14:42:42 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 14:44:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 03 19:24:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 19:42:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 25 12:52:50 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:52:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 06:24:32 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 08:51:33 -0700 2008
I enjoyed it, although like most cyberpunk inspired stories, I eventually tire of the brooding life-is-cheap aesthetic where everythin...more...]]>