Well this book took its time getting published. I am truly envy of people that have read this in 2021 because I have been chasing this book for last two years only to have it planned for end of 2020, then pushed to Q1 2021, then November 2021 then early 2022 and finally, finally it is here.

First graphic novel from Altered Carbon universe was interesting but art was .... lets say weird at least to me. And it was disconcerting.

Here art is much much better. Overall story is for all means and purposes chapter 1, overture for more goody graphic novels to come in the future.

We follow Takeshi Kovacs as he finds himself targeted by police and then incarcerated into max security prison in unknown parts of space (equivalent of modern day black site). In order to make him more vulnerable Takeshi is resleeved in the body of old junkie. Why is this all happening is unknown to Takeshi. As time goes by he leanrs that somebody is asking about Envoy unit (Takeshi's former outfit) for reasons unknown. Only thing known is that unit was last seen executing virus containment operation on planet called Ito. With this single lead Takeshi manages to find who is actually trying to catch him but this will open another can of worms that will push Takeshi to do what he loves the most - go in with extreme prejudice.

From that point on Takeshi is good old himself, proof why Envoys are not supposed to roam the universe unsupervised. As the title says story is about the constant resleeving and (for all means and purposes) immortality (and effects of this on human psyche and behavior). But while some would expect only benefits coming out from this, Takeshi and his opposition show that everything can be used to create Hell on Earth. And here are some very disturbing elements on how to do this.

But as I said, ending of the book shows this is chapter 1 of (possibly larger) story arc. This was little a bit of a let down for me but OK, it is what it is. Even with this minus, book is still sold 4 stars for me.

Highly recommended. I hope new volume will come at least in next 12 months and not 4-5 years :) ( )