Takesi Kovacs returned home to the planet Harlan, where the oceans are full of monsters, in the sky any object larger than a helicopter is shot down by the orbiters of a disappeared inhuman civilization, and military equipment that has gone out of control wanders around the earth. Takeshi flew here for revenge, but the ghosts of the past quickly intervened in his plans. Caught in a vortex of political intrigue and mysterious events, Kovacs is confronted with the consciousness of the resurrected from the dead Cuellchrist Falconer, a legend who once nearly overthrew the power of the First Families of Harlan. Having unwittingly become her protector, he falls under the crosshairs of local authorities, corporations and the Yakuza. But the worst thing is that the hunt for him is led by a young version of Kovacs, ruthless and scary, whose digitized copy has been in storage for many centuries. And now Takeshi will have to face himself to win.