Broken Angels

Once again, narrator Todd McLaren is pitch perfect in reading this action-packed SciFi Noir story. This one is perhaps a little more violent and action oriented than Altered Carbon and is, in fact, a very different kind of story. So even though the cynical world-weary tone is similar to the other Kovacks novels, Broken Angels never feels stale or repetitive. Morgan's writing combined with McLaren's narration makes them one of the best audiobooks teams regardless of genre.

A very different book from Altered Carbon. And not nearly as good. Is this one of those cases where a successful author isn't subject to as much editorial control? A difference that doesn't bother me is that Broken Angels is more SF and less murder mystery than Altered Carbon. But then there's the re......more

This was a fantastic sequel to Altered Carbon. I find Morgan's writing to be super engaging and the story itself delivers a good mix of action, humor, and mystery while still giving the reader plenty of thought-provoking themes to ponder. The setting changed completely for this second instalment. Ta......more

Broken Angels is a vastly different book to the first Takeshi Kovacs novel, Altered Carbon. Where Altered Carbon read like a futuristic noir, focusing on a sci-fi murder mystery, the sequel (set fifty years after) reads like military sci-fi with exploration into the evolutionary Martian warfare at t......more

Una parte di me era morta sulla Terra. Un altro pianeta, un'altra custodia. Cacciai dalla mente una faccia che ricordavo, ahimè, troppo bene e mi guardai attorno, per reimmettermi nel presente. Visi truccati a colori vivaci mi scrutarono dalle ombre, poi si voltarono. Il primo libro della trilogia aven......more

This book is just a punishing read. It checks all the right boxes: Cool future military technology, deadly mercenaries with cynical attitudes, evil corporate execs, radioactive battlefields, deadly nanotech, mysterious and powerful remains of an advanced alien race, double- and triple-crosses, and a......more