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HEAVEN IS A PRISON. HELL IS A PLAYGROUND.
Ross Baker is an overworked scientist developing medical technology for corporate giant Neurosphere, but he'd rather be playing computer games than dealing with his nightmare boss or slacker co-workers.
He volunteers as a test candidate for the new tech - anything to get out of the office for a few hours. But when he emerges from the scanner he discovers he's not only escaped the office, but possibly escaped real life for good. He's trapped in Starfire - a video game he played as a child - with no explanation, no backup and, most terrifyingly, no way out.
Ross Baker is an overworked scientist developing medical technology for corporate giant Neurosphere, but he'd rather be playing computer games than dealing with his nightmare boss or slacker co-workers.
He volunteers as a test candidate for the new tech - anything to get out of the office for a few hours. But when he emerges from the scanner he discovers he's not only escaped the office, but possibly escaped real life for good. He's trapped in Starfire - a video game he played as a child - with no explanation, no backup and, most terrifyingly, no way out.
Ratings and reviews
3.9
30 reviews
Scott Payne
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March 27, 2014
Huge fan of Brookmyre but was wary of this as I am neither a fan of SF or video games, needn't have been. Chris takes us into a world he clearly loves and tip-toes us through this landscape while thrusting us through what is a great story on so many levels. If like me you thought Quake and Doom were cocktails but love a great story with cracking wit and thrilling setpieces and enough twists to keep a corkscrew happy: read this.
Eoghann Walker
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April 21, 2013
really enjoyed this, games references not too obscure geek and not too cheesy. hits a lot of good notes :)
Colin Inglis
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October 13, 2014
I really like CB but found this hard work, I am not a SF fan but did get the humour!
About the author
Christopher Brookmyre has firmly established himself as one of Britain's leading crime novelists. He says this hasn't stopped his fans from asking him to write something more futuristic instead, and he hopes they have as much fun reading Bedlam as he did writing it. Life is just a game, after all . . .
Christopher is developing a computer game based on Bedlam with a UK-based games company Redbedlam, due for release in 2014.
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