The release date for the English version of 'Altered Carbon' by
Richard K. Morgan is Jan 2018. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
In four centuries, humanity will be dispersed over an area of interstellar space that was left behind from a prehistoric Marsian civilization. Hyperspatial data-casting and infrequent sublight colony ship trips connect the colonies. Naturally, human awareness is downloaded into bodies and digitally freighted between the stars.
However, certain things are constant. Takeshi Kovacs, an ex-envoy and now-convicted felon, really shouldn't be shocked when he finds himself in a catch-22 situation where his consciousness and abilities are downloaded into the body of an ex-thug addicted to nicotine. A millionaire hires Kovacs to find out who killed his latest corpse, and while investigating, he becomes entangled in a horrifying plot that spans known space and reaches the highest echelons of society.