{"product_id":"book-cbb8","title":"Thin Air","description":"\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\u003enow an exciting new series from Netflix.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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 \u003ci\u003eThin Air\u003c\/i\u003e\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.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Richard K. 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\u003cb\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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, \u003ci\u003eThin Air\u003c\/i\u003e will set you straight, and kick your butt in the process. . . . Both kinematic and cinematic, [\u003ci\u003eThin Air \u003c\/i\u003eis] limned by Morgan with balletic precision and smashmouth grace.”\u003cb\u003e—Paul Di Filippo, \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147652862256,"sku":"BDcbb8","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cbb8-cover.jpg?v=1758144441","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cbb8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}