Netflix has created the science fiction show Altered Carbon. It was inspired by Richard K. Morgan’s book of the same name. The story takes place in a near future where “sleeves” allow for the transfer of human mind from one body to another.

Takeshi Kovacs, the protagonist, is a former soldier and prisoner who is recruited by a wealthy man to investigate his own murder after being resleeved into a new body. The show delves with questions of self-awareness, mortality, and the relationship between technology and mankind. Its plot, worldbuilding, and special effects have all been praised by reviewers.