Altered CarbonBy: Richard K. Morgan Series: Takeshi Kovacs NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this tour de force of genre bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.The New York Times Book Review In the twenty fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U. N. While divisions in race, religion, and class