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I recently finished "Market Forces" by Richard Morgan, he's most famous for his SF works, but this one is a near-future thriller where capitalism has gone sligh
by henrikschroder 17y ago
I recently finished "Market Forces" by Richard Morgan, he's most famous for his SF works, but this one is a near-future thriller where capitalism has gone slightly too far, the roads are mostly abandoned since most people cannot afford to drive anymore du to oil scarcity, so the roads are mostly used by the executives of various corporations for car-duels about business contracts. Our protagonist works for a "Conflict Investment" division, that essentially funds small wars and revolutions around the world, and they win their contracts by killing the representatives of the competing corporations on the road.
Ironically, he's driving a SAAB, which due to market forces probably won't be around for much longer. :-)
- e40 17y agoI want to point out that the above plot seems really silly. When I read the synopsis on Amazon, I didn't want to read it. A friend, who is also into Richard Morgan, read it and highly recommended it. So, I gave it a shot. It was a very good book. I was pleasantly surprised.