02624cam a2200361 i 4500 362911261 TxAuBib 20181116120000.0 180709s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018031284 9780345493125 28.00 0345493125 28.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Morgan, Richard K., 1965- Thin air [BOOK] / Richard K. Morgan. First U.S. edition. New York : Del Rey, 2018. 528 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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 commercial interests violently collide with a homegrown independence movement, as Earth-based overlords battle for profits and power, Hakan Veil is an ex-corporate 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 hornets' 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20181116. Space colonies Fiction. Murder Fiction. Government investigators Fiction. Assassins Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Mars (Planet) Fiction. Horror fiction. Science fiction.