Thirteen - Want It All

Thirteen

The future isnâ€™t what it used to be since Richard K. Morgan arrived on the scene. He unleashed Takeshi Kovacsâ€“private eye, soldier of fortune, and all-purpose antiheroâ€“into the body-swapping, hard-boiled, urban jungle of tomorrow in Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies, winning the Philip K. Dick Award in the process. In Market Forces, he launched corporate gladiator Chris Faulkner into the brave new business of war-for-profit. Now, in Thirteen, Morgan radically reshapes and recharges science fiction yet again, with a new and unforgettable hero in Carl Marsalis: hybrid, hired gun, and a man without a country . . . or a planet.

Marsalis is one of a new breed. Literally. Genetically engineered by the U.S. government to embody the naked aggression and primal survival skills that centuries of civilization have erased from humankind, Thirteens were intended to be the ultimate military fighting force. The project was scuttled, however, when a fearful public branded the supersoldiers dangerous mutants, dooming the Thirteens to forced exile on Earthâ€™s distant, desolate Mars colony. But Marsalis found a way to slip backâ€“and into a lucrative living as a bounty hunter and hit man before a police sting landed him in prisonâ€“a fate worse than Mars, and much more dangerous.

Luckily, his â€œenhancedâ€ life also seems to be a charmed one. A new chance at freedom beckons, courtesy of the government. All Marsalis has to do is use his superior skills to bring in another fugitive. But this one is no common criminal. Heâ€™s another Thirteenâ€“one whoâ€™s already shanghaied a space shuttle, butchered its crew, and left a trail of bodies in his wake on a bloody cross-country spree. And like his pursuer, he was bred to fight to the death. Still, thereâ€™s no question Marsalis will take the job. Though it will draw him deep into violence, treachery, corruption, and painful confrontation with himself, anything is better than remaining a prisoner. The real question is: can he remain saneâ€“and aliveâ€“long enough to succeed?

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2007-06-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2007-06-26
Format	Kindle eBook