Altered Carbon

A very dark and interesting look into a semi-plausible cyberpunk future, I initially found the first person narration jarring, but after a few chapters, I barely noticed, and towards the end, I realised that was the only way to accurately convey some of the more unique perspectives thrown up by some of the story universes' mechanics. As a Peter F. Hamilton fan, (especially the technologies on offer in his universes), I enjoyed a lot of these mechanics, and for other fans, the best way to describe it is as Greg Mandel inside of the commonwealth universe, but much much darker. I'm beginning to think I'm a fan of philosophically challenging fiction, as this dealt with some pretty deep issues in relation to mortality and other things, and I loved it, in fact I loved the whole book. Now for the next book in the series.