Bridge

Beschreibung

Read the mind-bending masterpiece from the multi-award-winning author of Apple TV's smash hit literary adaptation SHINING GIRLS, starring Elizabeth Moss.<BR><BR>'Addictive, fascinating and compelling page-turner' Guardian<BR>'A high-concept page-turner' Herald<BR>'Beukes puts cerebral propositions into breakneck thrillers' Spectator<BR><BR>----<BR><BR>THERE ARE INFINITE REALITIES.<BR>SHE'S LOOKING FOR ONE . . .<BR><BR>Bridge's maverick scientist mother Jo is dead.<BR>Now she's examining everything Jo left behind.<BR>Which is when she finds her big secret: the dreamworm.<BR>Is it a drug?

A gateway to other worlds?<BR><BR>Jo believed so.<BR><BR>Bridge is desperate to see her mother again. <BR> Will do anything, risk anything. <BR> Including search for her in those other realities.<BR><BR>What she doesn't know is that others are after Jo's secret. <BR> And some believe anyone it touches must be destroyed.<BR><BR>Bridge? <BR> She just wants to find her mom . . .<BR><BR>Page-turning and ambitious, BRIDGE is a dazzlingly inventive speculative thriller with an unforgettable cast of characters, and the work of a novelist at the height of her powers.<BR><BR>----<BR><BR>'You can tell Beukes is having an absolute blast putting words on the page.

Her fun is evident in the big, bloody action sequences; in the squirmy, almost retro grotesqueness of the dreamworm.' - The New York Times<BR><BR>'An addictive, fascinating and compelling page-turner. With an original take on the many worlds theory.' - Guardian<BR><BR>'Complex, challenging, gripping and thought-provoking. A morally thorny tale without clear-cut heroes or villains.

Beukes does a skilful job of balancing desperate but very relatable hope.' - SFX<BR>

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