Dark State

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-verseDark 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.. At the Publisher''s request this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.