Altered Carbon<\/i><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/b>The Wind-Up Girl<\/i><\/b>\u00a0meet\u00a0<\/b>Apocalypse Now<\/i><\/b>\u00a0in this fast-paced, intelligent, action-driven cyberpunk, probing questions of memory, identity, and the power of narratives.<\/b><\/p>\n
Lin \u201cThe Silent One\u201d Vu is a gangster and sometime private investigator living in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider.<\/p>\n
Through grit and courage Lin has carved a place for herself in the Vietnamese underworld where Hanoi\u2019s crime boss, Bao Nguyen, is training her to fight and lead. Bao drives her hard; on the streets there are no second chances. Meanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory – a dangerously addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war.<\/p>\n
When an Englishman comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friend\u2019s murderer, Lin\u2019s life is turned upside down. She is drawn into the grand conspiracies of the neon gods – of regimes and mega-corporations – as they unleash dangerous new technologies.<\/p>\n
Lin must confront the immutable moral calculus of unjust wars. She must choose: family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption. No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.<\/p>\n