A blistering near-future thriller that will propel Richard Morgan onto the bestseller lists - a novel that will be enjoyed by any thriller reader. What do you buy and sell when the global markets reach saturation point? The markets themselves. Thirty years from now the big players in global capitalism have moved on from commodities. The big money is in conflict investment. The corporations keep a careful watch on the wars of liberation and revolution that burn constantly around the world. They guage who the winners will be and sell them arms, intelligence and power. In return for a slice of the action when the war is won. The reward? A stake in the new nation. It's cynical, brutal and it has nothing to do with democracy and the rule of law. So what else is new? The executives in this lethal game bid for contracts, fight for promotion, secure their lives on the roads. Fighting lethal duels in souped up, heavily armoured cars on the empty motorways of the future. Chris Faulkener has a lethal reputation and a new job at Shorn Associates. Has he got what it takes to make a real killing?
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"Reading this book is like being struck repeatedly over the head with a hammer-- both refreshing and unusual in a genre that tends to lean more on the side of entertainment (not a bad thing, necessarily) than issues." — N. (5 out of 5 stars)
"Reading this book is like being struck repeatedly over the head with a hammer-- both refreshing and unusual in a genre that tends to lean more on the side of entertainment (not a bad thing, necessarily) than issues."
“Simon Vance performs the work with the perfect amount of flexibility to make the listener empathize with a cadre of corporate killers. And even root for them.”
Simon Vance performs the work with the perfect amount of flexibility to make the listener empathize with a cadre of corporate killers. And even root for them.
" Better than I expected. Morgan is one of the best at anti-heroes. "
" After reading the Takeshi Kovacs novels I went straight out and bought this book and have regretted it ever since. It reads like a bad b movie, with an obvious plot and characters I couldn't care less about it came as a real disappointment. It was almost as if it was written by a different author. "
" Not up to Morgan's typical standards - a disappointment. "
" Wow, proper book, somewhat in awe of Morgan's imagination in writing this, best book I've read in a very long time "
" Was okay. Morgan can write, that's for sure. There are some great scenes, but frankly I just DID NOT BUY IT, not for a second. Kind of a ridiculous story. "
" A book about the greed of corporations, with employees that compete by ramming each other with their cars on the way to work? Bought this one by mistake.. attempted to read it anyway and didn't make it halfway through the book. "
" This book is so ridiculously action-movie-like over the top that it can barely see the top from space. I enjoyed the hell out of it. "
" Disturbing and semi-plausible near future; samurai businessmen who duel on the way to work (show up with blood on your tires or not at all), investing in small wars, guerilla operations, drug trade, etc. "
" After Altered Carbon, I really expected much more from Morgan. I admit, I didn't read entire book, only made to 130th page. I couldn't stomach absurd car chasing, it's idiocy. "
" Although Market Forces is not set in Los Angeles, it contains the best description of LA traffic I've ever seen. :) "
" Very violent in spots but an interesting twist on corporate culture. "
" This is Morgan's first attempt at a screen play turned into a novel. It has a lot of his ideas about our socio-political-economic world in embryo. Writing's just as good as his later work.I recommend it. "
" This was a light read, but I like the futuristic theme that tied corporate business with a samurai warrior mentality, using cars in place of swords. "
" Didn't manage to finish this. I read this after reading the Takeshi Kovac books and it was nowhere near that level. Very pedestrian, and I ditched it nearly halfway through. "
" Economic warfare done mad max style. Actually, American Psycho meets Mad Max in a hard-boiled sci-fi world fueled by Noam Chomsky's nightmares about globalization. Would make a good movie in the Fight Club vein. "
" I hated this book. The setting is great but the suckiness of the other elements (especially disappointing given their potential) makes me never want to read anything by this author ever again. "
" Morgan is one of my favorite authors, but this book was a huge miss in my opinion. Morgan usually writes anti-heroes, but the main character in this book was an outright villain. The novel comes across as a completely paranoid fantasy regarding capitalism / corporations. "
" A surprising dud from an otherwise entertaining author. It felt like ideology overwhelmed story, not that the story was all that great to begin with. "
Richard K. Morgan is the acclaimed author of Market Forces, Broken Angels, and Altered Carbon, a New York Times Notable Book that also won the Philip K. Dick Award. He lives in Scotland.
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.
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