| Edition |
First edition |
| Phys Descr |
349 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Stross, Charles.
Empire games ; bk. 2
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| Note |
Includes glossary of terms |
| Summary |
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 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 |
| Subject |
Time travel -- Fiction
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| Other Form |
Online version: Stross, Charles, author. Dark state First edition. New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2018 9781466835177 (DLC) 2017044577 |
| OCLC # |
1004206736 |
| ISBN # |
9780765337573 |
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0765337576 |
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