Virtual Light

<p><b>'Doesn't come any more stylish than this' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph</i> <p>----- <p><b>THE FIRST BOOK IN THE <i>BRIDGE</i> SERIES - READ <i>IDORU </i>AND <i>ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES</i> FOR MORE</b> <p>San Francisco in the nearish future. <p> Ex-cop Berry Rydell's lost one job he didn't much like and landed another he likes even less. Some sunglasses - actually high-end kit infused with super-sensitive data - were stolen from a courier, and a man named Warbaby's been charged with retrieving them. And Warnaby needs Rydell's help. <p>But, with SFPD Homicide involved, an abandoned bridge populated by freaks and misfits, and some weirdness involving the Republic of Desire and a 'Death Star', it's turning out to be a very strange and dangerous scene indeed . . . <p>Can Rydell navigate this unsteady reality in time to save the city . . . and himself? <p><b>William Gibson, author of the classic </b><b><i>Neuromancer</i></b><b> and creator of cyberpunk, here turns his hyper-acute imagination on the near future - to supercharged, nerve-shredding effect.</b><br><b><br>NOMINATED FOR BOTH THE HUGO AND THE LOCUS AWARDS</b> <p>----- <p> <b>'Audacious, witty and passionate. A wonderful read' </b><i>Observer</i><b> <p> 'A stunner . . . a terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination' </b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i><b> <p> 'Studded with crackling insights into the relationship between technology, culture and morality' </b><i>Time Out</i></p>