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Market Forces
by Richard K. Morgan
ISBN: 0345457749
ISBN-13: 9780345457745
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This work of social SF is set in a brutal near-future London, where the class divisions have never been sharper and the rush-hour commute may literally be a duel to the death. Chris Faulkner is a rising star at Shorn Associates, a corporation that makes its profits by determining which will be the winning side in various petty wars, investing both in dictatorships and in insurgents to ensure the accuracy of its predictions. Helped by his wife, Chris is gradually beginning to see that this is perhaps not the most ethical way to live, but he may not survive long enough to find another path. MARKET FORCES won the 2005 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel.
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"[C]onvincing and compelling."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Fans of Morgan's gritty, noirish brand of sf will flock to this one." -- David Pitt
-- Booklist
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 2005
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.98 pounds
Pages: 441
Publisher's Notes
From the award-winning author of Altered Carbon and Broken Angels–a turbocharged new thriller set in a world where killers are stars, media is mass entertainment,
and freedom is a dangerous proposition . . .
A coup in Cambodia. Guns to Guatemala. For the men and women of Shorn Associates, opportunity is calling. In the superheated global village of the near future, big money is made by finding the right little war and supporting one side against the other–in exchange for a share of the spoils. To succeed, Shorn uses a new kind of corporate gladiator: sharp-suited, hard-driving gunslingers who operate armored vehicles and follow a Samurai code. And Chris Faulkner is just the man for the job.
He fought his way out of London’s zone of destitution. And his kills are making him famous. But unlike his best friend and competitor at Shorn, Faulkner has a side that outsiders cannot see: the side his wife is trying to salvage, that another woman–a porn star turned TV news reporter–is trying to exploit. Steeped in blood, eyed by common criminals looking for a shot at fame, Faulkner is living on borrowed time. Until he’s given one last shot at getting out alive. . . .
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