Million-copy-selling Chris Brookmyre takes his fiction further than ever before in this wildly inventive and sharply-plotted novel set in the unforgiving emptiness of space.

**LONGLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR CRIME WRITING 2018**

"This is as close to a city without crime as mankind has ever seen."

Ciudad de Cielo is the 'city in the sky', a space station where hundreds of scientists and engineers work in earth's orbit, building the colony ship that will one day take humanity to the stars.

When a mutilated body is found on the CdC, the eyes of the world are watching. Top-of the-class investigator, Alice Blake, is sent from Earth to team up with CdC's Freeman - a jaded cop with more reason than most to distrust such planetside interference.

As the death toll climbs and factions aboard the station become more and more fractious, Freeman and Blake will discover clues to a conspiracy that threatens not only their own lives, but the future of humanity itself.

Praise for this author:

'FASCINATING, FAST-PACED BUT THOUGHTFUL' Iain M. Banks

'INGENIOUS' SFX

'ENTERTAINING AND INTELLIGENT' Patrick Ness

'RAZOR SHARP' The Big Issue

'BRILLIANT' Charles Stross

'TERRIFYINGLY ADDICTIVE' Guardian

'GRIPPING' Scotsman

'GUARANTEEED TO KEEP YOU GUESSING' Ian Rankin

About the Author
Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full-time novelist with the publication of his award-winning debut Quite Ugly One Morning, which established him as one of Britain's leading crime authors. His Jack Parlabane novels have sold more than one million copies in the UK alone.

Reviews
A fascinating, fast-paced but thoughtful blend of science fiction and techno-thriller

Brilliant

Like the best science fiction books, Bedlam utilises an alternative reality to pose deep philosophical questions about the human condition. Like the best Christopher Brookmyre books, it also has funny jokes, characters you can empathise with and devastatingly employed swear words . . .

Ingenious



Book Information
ISBN 9780356506241
Author Chris Brookmyre
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 674g
Dimensions(mm) 158mm * 242mm * 35mm