A review by mckitterick
Market Forces by Richard K. Morgan

4.0

I felt this was the best SF novel of the year. This is surprising to write, because one really can't like the protagonist for most of the book. However, as the story progresses, we discover he's just a product of his environment - both his horrid childhood environment (the Zones) and his dog-eat-dog's-whole-family corporate environment that is the current time of the book. These influences have turned him into what he is... and it isn't necessarily a bad thing. He's the best person he could be as a result of these things, and in fact transcends what we expect of him.

However, more importantly, this book is the best indictment of the current policital-corporate culture we live in today. It's not just satire, dressing current political affairs up in the clothing of corporations; it's a projection of "if this goes on..."