Without slowing down the headlong rush of the action, the complex, looping plot suggests that all people may be less-or more-than they seem. At the same time, surveying corrupt, fractured normal society, the novel questions whether the thirteens are just less successful at hiding their motives. Marsalis is more empathetic than the normal people around him, but they can see him only as an untrustworthy killer. Morgan goes beyond the SF cliché of the genetically enhanced superman to examine how personality is shaped by nature and experience. When a thirteen escapes from exile on Mars and apparently goes on an insane killing spree, Carl Marsalis, a soul-weary freelance thirteen hit man, is hired to help track him down. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon, which was recently made into a Netflix show. Normal people are intrigued as well as repulsed, but they instinctively dread variation thirteen, an aggressive, ruthless throwback to a time before civilization. (CW: Transphobic horseshit) So, this is Richard K. Morgan: 9780345457745 : Books From the award-winning author of Altered Carbon and Broken Angelsa turbocharged new thriller set in a world where killers are stars, media is mass. Future governments have used genetic manipulation to create subhumans twisted to fit specialized tasks. His stellar new stand-alone from Morgan, known for his compelling future noir thrillers (Altered Carbon, etc.), raises tantalizing questions about the nature of humanity.
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