Dark State: A Novel Of The Merchant Princes Multiverse (Empire Games, Book Ii) (Empire Games, 2)

Hugo Award-winning author Charlie 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 BurgesonÆs 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
• | Publisher: Tor Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 22, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0765337606
• | ISBN-13: 9780765337603