Though it will draw him deep into violence, treachery, corruption, and painful confrontation with himself, anything is better than remaining a prisoner. Morgan is the acclaimed author of The Cold Commands, The Steel Remains, Thirteen, Woken Furies, Market Forces, Broken Angels, and Altered Carbon, a New York Times Notable Book that also won the Philip K. Still, there’s no question Marsalis will take the job. And like his pursuer, he was bred to fight to the death. 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. Morgan, Tantor and Blackstone Publishing from Amazons Fiction Books Store. He’s another Thirteen–one who’s already shanghaied a space shuttle, butchered its crew, and left a trail of bodies in his wake on a bloody cross-country spree. But men bred and designed to fight are dangerous to have. All Marsalis has to do is use his superior skills to bring in another fugitive. The 13s are genetically engineered alpha males, designed to fight the centurys last conflicts. A new chance at freedom beckons, courtesy of the government. Luckily, his “enhanced” life also seems to be a charmed one. But Marsalis found a way to slip back–and into a lucrative living as a bounty hunter and hit man before a police sting landed him in prison–a fate worse than Mars, and much more dangerous. Morgan is the acclaimed author of Woken Furies, Market Forces, Broken Angels, and Altered Carbon, a New York Times Notable Book that also won the Philip.

The project was scuttled, however, when a fearful public branded the supersoldiers dangerous mutants, dooming the Thirteens to forced exile on Earth’s distant, desolate Mars colony. 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. In Market Forces, he launched corporate gladiator Chris Faulkner into the brave new business of war-for-profit. 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.

Thirteen by richard k morgan