Reading order · 3 books · 2002 to 2005 · Set in invented worlds
Takeshi Kovacs Books in Order
In the twenty-fifth century, human minds are stored in cortical stacks and can be moved from body to body, so the rich can live forever. Takeshi Kovacs, a former Envoy soldier, is a violent and haunted antihero. Hard-boiled noir science fiction.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2002 to 2005
- First book
- Altered Carbon
- Latest
- Woken Furies (2005)
- Setting
- Set in invented worlds
The reading order
Every Takeshi Kovacs book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in invented worlds
- 1Altered Carbon2002With Takeshi KovacsTakeshi Kovacs, a former Envoy soldier, is downloaded into a new body on Earth and hired by a wealthy man to investigate his own murder, which the police have ruled a suicide.Buy on Amazon
- 2Broken Angels2003With Takeshi KovacsKovacs, a mercenary in a brutal war on a distant planet, joins an expedition to recover an alien starship.Buy on Amazon
- 3Woken Furies2005With Takeshi KovacsKovacs returns to his home world, Harlan’s World, and meets a woman who may carry the mind of a legendary revolutionary.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Altered Carbon, Broken Angels and Woken Furies in order. Each book is a separate story.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Takeshi Kovacs |
|---|---|
| 1 Altered Carbon | LLead |
| 2 Broken Angels | LLead |
| 3 Woken Furies | LLead |
Characters in the Takeshi Kovacs books
2 characters from Richard K. Morgan’s chart, with the number of Takeshi Kovacs books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Takeshi KovacsFormer Envoy, now a mercenary | 3 | Altered Carbon 2002 |
| Kristin OrtegaBay City police lieutenant | 1 | Altered Carbon 2002 |