Mad Oilman eagerly anticipated the follow up novel to Altered Carbon. Titled Broken Angels, this novel begins a new adventure for our agent Takeshi Kovacs. In a strange event, Mad Oilman read the dedication and the credits. I usually read these after the book is completed. Don't want to muddy the waters, as it were. Well ths dedication was interesting. To John Pilger. Well that's damn intersting. Since Pilger is a paragon of documentary fabrication and fantasy, I initially thought this might be a cute inside joke. Reading the novel proved this not to be the case.
Anti military, anti corporate, anti everything really. And actually this novel is anti-plot. Characters are one dimensional at best. The plot is nonexistent. It is a rare event when Mad Oilman quits a book. I plowed though this one but it was a painful afair. Altered Carbon was a breath of fresh air. Yes it was violent but it was a great page tunrer. Broken Angels is a turd. Don't waste your time.
