Thin Air feels like a Takeshi Kovacs knock-off but given that it’s written by the same author, I guess that’s ok. Just like Altered Carbon, Thin Air is about a ridiculously overpowered ex-soldier trying to solve a crime in a cyberpunk city and ends up digging deeper and deeper into unraveling a conspiracy. But this time, it takes place on Mars.

To be fair, this is a totally different universe than the Takeshi Kovacs series and has its own unique new technologies. It actually takes place in the same universe as another of Morgan’s books, Thirteen, but Thirteen takes place on Earth and Thin Air takes place on Mars so the only overlap is in the names of some governemnt organizations. But if you enjoyed Altered Carbon, I think you’ll enjoy Thin Air. They both have a similar sci-fi hard-boiled detective noir feel.

  • zinderic
    2·
    8 months ago

    Thanks, just in time - I was looking for my next read.

  • JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net
    2·
    8 months ago

    The one with the overrider! I was going to recommend this sometime - I just haven’t gotten around to rereading it so I could write up my usual book report. It’s a fun one, I liked the mars setting