Black man

Black Man

Author	Richard Morgan
Country	Great Britain
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd
Publication date	17 May 2007
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	560 pp (Hardcover) 546 pp (Paperback)
ISBN	(UK Hardcover) (UK Paperback) (US Hardcover)
OCLC	78989112

Black Man (published as Thirteen in North America) is a 2007 science fiction novel by the English author Richard Morgan. It won the 2008 Arthur C Clarke Award. It is not part of the Takeshi Kovacs universe by the same author.

Carl Marsalis is a selectively bred human ("genetic variant") known as a "Thirteen", characterized by high aggression and low sociability. Bred to serve in a military capacity, Thirteens were later confined on reservations or exiled to Mars. Carl, having won by lottery the right to return from Mars, works covertly, tracking down renegade Thirteens.