Market Forces is a departure from the ultraviolent distant future of Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs novels (I highly recommend Altered Carbon, BTW). Here, Morgan takes a step back in time to the near future, and the violence — though still present — is more in keeping with present-day technology. In this future, the vision of Bush's neocons is extrapolated into a society where 90% of the population live in abject poverty and 10% maintain and expand their wealth by prompting and investing in third-world skirmishes.

It's a fast-paced ride, certainly worthwhile for fans of Morgan's other books.