The Bedlam Stacks. Natasha Pulley

The Bedlam Stacks. Natasha Pulley

"The Bedlam Stacks" is a mixture of historical fiction and fantasy – particularity nice if you like trees. It's 1860, and Merrick Tremayne, former employee--read: smuggler-of the East India Company,you know those Brits, conquer by sword or by stealth. He ends up on an expedition to Peru; (I need write Don Ball and get his opinion), to smuggle cinchona trees out of the Andes in order to combat the quinine shortage in India. The village he finds himself in--’Bedlam’--isn't just built on quaint Inca ruins; it has moving statues, glowing pollen, and something very mysterious going on. Feels like a partial Dr Who story; the period details are mixed with a modern casualness of style that makes it work " It's light and fast-paced with a different take on colonial travel and adventure story, with extras. And the unknown quality of staging it in Peru just adds to the charm of trees.

An ideal flight companion.