Dark State: A Novel of the Merchant Princes Multiverse (Empire Games, Book II) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780765337603)

Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross dives deep into the underbelly of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance in this provocative techno-thriller set in The Merchant Princes multi-verse

Dark State ups the ante on the already volatile situations laid out in the sleek techno-thriller Empire Games, the start to Stross' new story-line, and perfect entry point for new readers, in The Merchant Princes series.

In the near-future, the collision of two nuclear superpowers across timelines, one in the midst of a technological revolution and the other a hyper-police state, is imminent. In Commissioner Miriam Burgeson's timeline, her top level agents run a high risk extraction of a major political player. Meanwhile, a sleeper cell activated in Rita's, the Commissioner's adopted daughter and newly-minted spy, timeline threatens to unravel everything.

With a penchant for intricate world-building and an uncanny ability to realize alternate history and technological speculation, Stross' writing will captivate any reader who's a fan hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage.

Author: Charles Stross
ISBN-10: 0765337606
ISBN-13: 9780765337603
Publisher: Tor Books
Language: English
Published: 10/22/2019
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d