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Admittedly, this requires more complicated details to be signposted which may extend the work beyond the intended scope or scale. If anything, the pacing can slow down a little as some of the detective work can benefit with a stronger sense of mystery, with more opportunities for the reader to “connect the dots” regarding who the so-called bodyguard works for and what their goals are. And to those who are already familiar with it, none of that stagnates the narrative. To those who haven’t read the novel or seen the series, there is sufficient background exposition on how sleeving works and what an envoy is so the writers have catered to those who are new to this universe. In that regard, it may be vaguely predictable but that is not a bad thing the narrative alternates between expositions and action so the pacing is well handled, which it needs to be for a work of this length.

One can see the “standard” three-act structure. True to Altered Carbon, the rest of the story is Kovacs’s detective work with a few action sequences. Kovacs chases after him partly out of “professional curiosity”. Of course, the bodyguard attacks them and jumps out the window, taking Kovacs with him. Kovacs is conveniently in a nearby cell, having been arrested for brawling, so the cops ask for his help in interrogating the bodyguard. The three women also turn out to be celebrities who all have an alibi. His record indicates that he is an ex-envoy. They take the bodyguard back to the station and he doesn’t talk. When they arrive at the scene, there’s no trace of the three women. The man ends up dead and the cops are called. This is “a Takeshi Kovacs adventure” and, at approximately 120 pages, it is in essence a longer short story or, perhaps more accurately, a short novella.ĭownload Blues begins with a man frolicking with three women in a hotel room. Altered Carbon: Download Blues is a story written by Rik Hoskin with the script written by both Hoskin and Richard K.

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