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Woken Furies: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780345499776
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0345499778
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Studio: Del Rey
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Editorial Review:
Richard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, and has established a growing legion of fans. Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with a mysterious woman who may have the power to shatter Harlan’s World forever.Once a gang member, then a marine, then a galaxy-hopping Envoy trained to wreak slaughter and suppression across the stars, a bleeding, wounded Kovacs was chilling out in a New Hokkaido bar when some so-called holy men descended on a slim beauty with tangled, hyperwired hair. An act of quixotic chivalry later and Kovacs was in deep: mixed up with a woman with two names, many powers, and one explosive history.In a world where the real and virtual are one and the same and the dead can come back to life, the damsel in distress may be none other than the infamous Quellcrist Falconer, the vaporized symbol of a freedom now gone from Harlan’s World. Kovacs can deal with the madness of AI. He can do his part in a battle against biomachines gone wild, search for a three-centuries-old missing weapons system, and live with a blood feud with the yakuza, and even with the betrayal of people he once trusted. But when his relationship with “the” Falconer brings him an enemy specially designed to destroy him, he knows it’s time to be afraid. After all, the guy sent to kill him is himself: but younger, stronger, and straight out of hell.Wild, provocative, and riveting, Woken Furies is a full-bore science fiction spectacular of the highest order–from one of the most original and spellbinding storytellers at work today.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A well developed universe for exploring practical immortality from a mercenary point of view
I originally heard about "Woken Furies" on a "Tech Nation" podcast interview with author Richard K. Morgan. The universe he described sounded intriguing so I picked up the book last December and have been slowly reading it ever since. I don't tend to rush through books I'm enjoying as I like them to last as long as possible.
I originally did not realize that this was the third in a series or I probably would have gone and picked the others up first so that I could grow with the story. ... Read More
Rating:  - Altered Carbon fans stay away
Altered Carbon is one of my favorite books from the last 10 years. The world created by Morgan was fascinating, full of potential. However, the second book Broken Angels, was a major let down, and now the third book Woken Furies is worse still. If you liked the first novel, and are looking for more of the same, DO NOT READ WOKEN FURIES. You will be horribly disappointed. The plot is a rambling mess. Kovacs is a mopey character that you can not feel any connection to. Basically, there is nothing ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent
Like the other books in this series this one is excellent. It doesn't matter in what order you read these books. The genre in this series varies from cyberpunk to hardcore science fiction with aliens and space battles. By the same author, but not part of this series, I recommend Market Forces.
Rating: - A very satisfying finish to the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy :)
After enjoying the first two books of the Takeshi Kovacs Series, I'd gotten started on Richard Morgans next task in Woken Furies. Insert again everyone's favorite anti-hero in Takeshi Kovacs as Kovacs finds himself back on his home world this time after a lengthy and exhausting campaign on Sanction IV.
Kovacs is in bad shape after being on the run after making several attacks on priests of The New Revelation, an extremist religious order semi-responsible for the death of his one love, Sarah. ... Read More
Rating: - Unfortunatly...
Unfortunatly Morgan has not written a follow up to "Woken Furies."
That is the only down side to an EXCELLENT book. Morgan continues the same standard of perfection as with the previous two books of the series. I have even gone as far to email Morgan and practically beg him to continue this series.
Buy this book, and hope that Takeshi Kovacs makes a swift return!
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