Altered Carbon - Kovacs
His life ended when the plane, or the flying car or whatever you want to call it, exploded, Not his stack or his sleeve. But the reason why he wanted to live.
Before the Envoys, Kovacs had searched for his sister and that'd been the meaning of his life.
Then he fell in love with Quell and she's all he'd ever wanted.
All of that vanished when he saw the plane explode. His sister and his love dead.
Why didn't he just blast his stack out and be done with it?
He didn't know and wouldn't for another 250 years.