He inhabits a world still rocked by the aftermath of a devastating war and facing a prophecy that promises the coming of a dark lord.

It is the first book of his A Land Fit For Heroes series, a contemporary and violent take on the genre where a privileged yet savage soldier, Ringil Eskiath, finds himself in exile due to his sexuality. Morgan’s first foray into fantasy began with The Steel Remains. Dick Award, and Market Forces was nominated for the Arthur C. Morgan’s work has attracted considerable acclaim within the genre: Altered Carbon won the Philip K. Thirteen (titled Black Man in the United Kingdom edition) follows a super soldier, Carl Marsalis, as he works to track down fellow rogue soldiers across the globe. Market Forces is a mix of bloody battle epic and corporate intrigue, set in a world where corporate raiders literally kill their competitors within a company. Two stand-alone novels have likewise featured a blend of genres.

The trilogy was rounded out in 2005, with the publication of Woken Furies, where Kovacs meets his ultimate enemy: a copy of himself housed in a different body. The book was followed by Broken Angels, published a year later and also featuring Kovacs, taking on military science fiction and alien archeology. His first novel, Altered Carbon (2002), featured a mix of noir detective fiction and cyberpunk, following Takeshi Kovacs as he navigated a web of conspiracies, Catholic religious convictions, and re-housed consciousnesses. Morgan is a British author who is known for the blending of speculative genres in his work.

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