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by Richard K Morgan (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator), Todd McLaren (Reader)

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Publisher: Tantor Media; Library ed edition (April 15 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400131391
ISBN-13: 978-1400131396
Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 x 4.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 341 g

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With his third novel Market Forces, Richard Morgan moves from the far-future SF violence of Altered Carbon and Broken Angels to almost equally extreme corporate violence in the mid-21st century. The hero, or antihero, Chris Faulkner is a rising executive in a Britain where the gap between suits and the underclass is huger than ever. Both promotion and competitive tendering in the cut-throat world of Conflict Investment (arms dealing) are settled by duels to the death: "Road-raging is here to stay."

The action happens in the nearly derelict arena of our motorway system--an executive playground--since the lower orders can no longer afford petrol. Individual drivers or teams manoeuvre to run the opposition permanently off the road in a Mad Max frenzy, no mercy asked or given. At first, Faulkner has a black mark for taking a defeated opponent to hospital instead of finishing the kill. He won't make that mistake again. After all, the latest management status symbol is the exclusive Nemesis-10 handgun.

International business decisions are tough ("Regime change is our worst-case scenario"), and there's no longer any safe distance between boardroom decisions and blood on the streets. As a big deal with revolutionary South American factions goes badly wrong, both careers and lives are on the line. This deadly game still has some rules of conduct, but getting to the top means pushing the envelope. Faulkner pushes hard enough to make you wince.

With terminal stress on his marriage, his battered conscience, and his few friendships, our man seems doomed to become either a monster or a mutilated corpse. Company backstabbing intensifies; the stakes are higher with each new challenge. One chancy way out of the rat race is offered, but maybe it's possible to get addicted to living on the edge?

An ultra-black, ultra-violent and intensely depressing vision of 2049's amoral Masters of the World. Compulsive reading for the un-squeamish; you can almost hear Michael Moore saying "I told you so". --David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Morgan's brutal, provocative third novel (after Altered Carbon and Broken Angels) charts the moral re-education of executive Chris Faulkner, who joins notoriously successful Shorn Associates, which specializes in "conflict investment" - financing totalitarian regimes, as well as guerrilla movements, in developing countries that are never allowed to develop. Taking his theme from such well-known critics of Western capitalism as Noam Chomsky, Susan George and Michael Moore (all listed as sources), the author presents a bleak near-future that includes continuing job loss through NAFTA, the undermining of national economies like that of China and the creation of a permanent underclass. Faulkner and other company hotshots compete in highly dangerous, often fatal car races, which reflect the ruthlessness of their corporate careers. Faulkner's auto-mechanic wife, Carla, strives to humanize him, but he will have to kill a lot of people with his car, guns and, in the penultimate bloodbath, a baseball bat before seeing the error of his ways. While some may be put off by the graphic violence and the heavy-handed polemics, most readers will find Morgan's economic extrapolation convincing and compelling.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars My 100-word book review, Mar 9 2006

By	A. J. Cull (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Market Forces (Paperback)

It is the year 2049, and anyone craving success in the brutal world of Conflict Investment must not only have business sense but must also be ready to fight high-speed duels on Britain's deserted motorway network. Richard Morgan's third published novel is a wry cautionary tale about corporate politics in an impoverished and divided world. Readers may find the near-total urban decay and the unsympathetic characters somewhat depressing, but Morgan's writing, as usual, is engrossing and imaginative. This may not be reality as we know it (thank goodness!) but is horribly vivid, with the unpleasant internal logic of a nightmare.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as his first two, Jun 29 2004

By	John J. Rynne "johnrynne" (ARANJUEZ, Spain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Market Forces (Hardcover)

Market forces is set in the not-too-distant future, a dystopian world where the masses live in relative poverty and a small class of executives lead privileged lives in cordoned areas. Questions such as promotion and landing contracts are settled by strictly regulated road races to the death.
The companies make their billions by manipulating third world countries, raising and deposing tyrants and taking a cut of the GDP for their pains.
Market Forces bears the burden of having to live up to Altered Carbon and Fallen Angels. Unlike them, it is set in the relatively near future, so there isn't so much scope for mind-blowing gadgets. The plot line is not as gripping as either of its predecessors.
Market Forces is not a bad piece of SF in its own right but, if you haven't read any Richard Morgan before, start off with Altered Carbon, then Fallen Angels. Leave Market Forces on the back burner.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Capitalism gone amuck!, April 14 2004

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This review is from: Market Forces (Paperback)

Wow! This is Richard Morgan's first book that does not have Takeshi Kovacs as the protagonist. Like Altered Carbon and Broken Angels this is a fast paced book with lots of action, a great plot, a wonderful mystery and a bleak outlook on the future of humanity. I could not set this book down.

Morgan creates a futuristic world where capitalism has gone awry. "Investors" put capital into rebels, governments and arms dealers to fund small conflicts and regime changes. The investors are in such aptly named organizations as "Conflict Investment at Shorn Associates" and "Emerging Markets at HammerMcCol", it's not a stretch of the venture captial or investment banking worlds. The investors then get a percentage of the new governments' GDP, the drug trade or other finanical benefits. Rather than competitive bids and RFPs, each of the investment houses has drivers (analysts) that compete in a driving dual to the death.

This is a great read, it made me want to make money at all costs. It is what the anti-globalisation groups are fighting. It's a fantastic (albeit horrible) vision of the future.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poor effort after two winners
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