10 Tales to Tide You Over Until the Premiere of Jordan Peele's Us

British writer Richard K. Morgan constructs a complex science-fiction thrill ride set in a future where interstellar travel occurs by transferring human consciousness between bodies in Altered Carbon. So when Takeshi Kovacs, a former UN soldier turned private investigator, has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a criminal, he's forced into a terrifying conspiracy that begins with a billionaire's murdered body and ends in digital torture.

This novel is the first in a series followed by Broken Angels and Woken Furies. In 2018, Netflix adapted the book into a television series of the same name.