Woken Furies

Richard K. Morgan’s Woken Furies continues the cyberpunk noir saga of Takashi Alibet, a consciousness preserved through digital copying and housed in a cloned body. Set in a near-future metropolis where wealth dictates longevity and identity, the novel examines the legal and philosophical fractures created by widespread digital resurrection. As Alibet navigates a landscape of corporate surveillance, black-market cloning, and institutional corruption, the narrative interrogates what constitutes personhood when memory can be archived, altered, or discarded. Morgan’s prose maintains the series’ signature blend of hardboiled pacing and speculative rigor, grounding its transhumanist questions in the gritty realities of urban decay and systemic inequality. The work stands out for its unflinching examination of consent, bodily autonomy, and the commodification of human experience. By weaving together procedural investigation with existential inquiry, Woken Furies extends the franchise’s exploration of identity beyond physical form, offering a sustained meditation on how societies adapt when death becomes optional and the self remains perpetually negotiable.