{"product_id":"9780575088573-thin-air","title":"Thin Air","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of Netflix's Altered Carbon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn atmospheric tale of corruption and abduction set on Mars, from the author of the award-winning science fiction novel \u003ci\u003eAltered Carbon\u003c\/i\u003e, out now on Netflix.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHakan Veil is an ex-corporate enforcer equipped with military-grade body tech that's made him a human killing machine. His former employers have abandoned him on a turbulent Mars where Earth-based overlords battle for profits and power amid a homegrown independence movement. But he's had enough of the red planet, and all he wants is a ticket back home - which is just what he's offered by the Earth Oversight organization, in exchange for being the bodyguard for an EO investigator. It's a beyond-easy gig for a heavy hitter like Veil . until it isn't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Veil's charge starts looking into the mysterious disappearance of a lottery winner, it stirs up a hornet's nest of intrigue and murder. And the deeper Veil is drawn into the game, the more long-buried secrets claw their way to the Martian surface. Now it's the expert assassin poised against powerful enemies hellbent on taking him down - by any means necessary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Thin Air\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kick-ass . Mixed in with the thriller-esque action and cyberpunk backdrop is a hard-boiled noir story complete with a twisting and turning plot that keeps readers on their toes' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Richard Morgan wants to destroy your Mars fantasies . It's a grim vision, but one that Morgan finds far more plausible than the cheerful visions of plucky Mars colonists common in sci-fi' Wired\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A robotically enhanced Jack Reacher [in a] dazzlingly intricate game of political double- and triple-cross, spiced with tastily kinetic battle sequences' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you ever imagined that the core esthetics and themes of cyberpunk-lowlifes and high tech; corporate dominance; future noir; post-human evolution and cyborg adaptations; hardscrabble urban environments-were played out, Thin Air will set you straight, and kick your butt in the process. Both kinematic and cinematic, [Thin Air is] limned by Morgan with balletic precision and smashmouth grace' Paul Di Filippo, \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943395176545,"sku":"9780575088573","price":10.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40032345.jpg?v=1771484065","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780575088573-thin-air","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}