Murderers stalking the streets of Chelsea. Masked rapists on the loose in Cambridge. Staring back at David Bowie from his mirror… Crucified by addiction, David must suffer his own stations of the cross in a year that will either save or destroy him.

Swapping the paranoia of New York for the madhouse of Los Angeles, he turns his back on rock ‘n’ roll to play a doomed extraterrestrial in his first feature film. But with so many demons in his head, has David gone too high ever to fall back to earth himself? And if he does, having torched so many bridges to the past, will there be anyone left to catch him? The sixth volume in Simon Goddard’s epic adventure through Bowie’s greatest decade, Bowie Odyssey 75 is a ten-gram panic attack of drugs, death and the momentous birth of the Thin White Duke.

It includes:* Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen* Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions* Obama’s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his “Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches* Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career* Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal archives* Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation. In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favourite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more.

Along the way, they reveal their passion for-and the occasional toll of-telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how their fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity.