<p><b>''Doesn''t come any more stylish than this'' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>-----<br><br><b>THE FIRST BOOK IN THE <i>BRIDGE</i> SERIES - READ <i>IDORU </i>AND <i>ALL TOMORROW''S PARTIES</i> FOR MORE</b><br><br>San Francisco in the nearish future.<br><br>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.<br><br>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 . . .<br><br>Can Rydell navigate this unsteady reality in time to save the city . . . and himself?<br><br><b>William Gibson, author of the classic </b><b><i>Neuromancer</i></b><b> and creator of cyberpunk,