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Thin air / Richard Morgan.

by Morgan, Richard K., 1965-

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Gollancz, 2018.

Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Bodyguards -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Mars (Planet) -- Fiction.

9780575075146 (hc)

9780575088566 (trade pbk)

528 p. ; 25 cm.

"From the moment Richard K. Morgan’s dazzling debut, Altered Carbon, burst onto the scene, it was clear that a distinctive new voice had arrived to shake up science fiction. His subsequent novels -- including the sequels Broken Angels and Woken Furies -- confirmed him as a master of hard-boiled futuristic thrillers. Now Morgan returns to the world of SF noir with a riveting tale of crime, corruption, and deadly crisis on a planet teetering close to the edge. On a Mars where ruthless corporate interests violently collide with a homegrown independence movement as Earth-based overlords battle for profits and power, Hakan Veil is an ex–professional enforcer equipped with military-grade body tech that’s made him a human killing machine. But he’s had enough of the turbulent 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. When Veil’s charge, Madison Madekwe, starts looking into the mysterious disappearance of a lottery winner, she stirs up a hornet’s nest of intrigue and murder. And the deeper Veil is drawn into the dangerous game being played, the more long-buried secrets claw their way to the Martian surface. Now it’s the expert assassin on the wrong end of a lethal weapon -- as Veil stands targeted by powerful enemies hellbent on taking him down, by any means necessary."--Publisher.

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