Broken Angels

Broken Angels - By Richard Morgan
Broken Angels is Morgan’s second novel, and a sort of prequel to Altered Carbon. This book takes place several years prior, and finds Kovaks (the lead character in Altered Carbon) as a member of the elite military forces. Again, the implications of being able to change physical “sleeves” plays a huge role in the story, as well as the fact that you can be “broadcast” like a radio signal to an awaiting sleeve at some location across the galaxy.

While not as intriguing as Altered Carbon, and more in the cast of the classic Hammer’s Slammers series, Broken Angels is worth a read. If nothing else than another, deeper, glimpse into the dark future laid out in Altered Carbon.