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  • A Novel of the Merchant Princes Multiverse (Empire Games, Book 2)
  • Written by: Charles Stross
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Written by: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross dives deep into the underbelly of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance in this provocative techno-thriller audiobook 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 a perfect entry point for new listeners, 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' prose will captivate listeners who like hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage.

©2017 Charles Stross (P)2018 Macmillan Audio
Espionage Political Technothrillers Alternate History Adventure Science Fiction
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I love this book

I love it's worldbuilding, I love the story and I love the cast. I can't wait for the sequel to get released. :)

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