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• Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2003)
• Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2005)
• Philip K. Dick Award (2004)
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman étranger (2004)
• Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Translated Long Form (2006)

Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.

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