I saw in The Book Thread that you are reading Richard Morgan. His books are amazing and inspired. The Takeshi Kovacs novels are incredible, and just wait until you get deeper into his series. That said, beware of the novel "The Steel Remains". I made it not even halfway through it before putting it down and never picking up a book written by him again.
Just telling you this to forewarn you a little. His early books are fantastic. One day maybe I will have become numb enough to read what he is putting out right now.
He is pushing the envelope far beyond what anyone ought to contemplate, IMO. Not sure I want to go back and try again yet.
But up until that book, he is phenomenal. One of the best new authors out there. If you keep going, you will see what I mean.