Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 323242Title: Dark State: A Novel of the Merchant Princes Multiverse (Empire Games, Book II)Author: Charles StrossNarrator: Kate ReadingFormat: UnabridgedLength: 13:57:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 01-09-18Publisher: Macmillan AudioGenres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, HistoricalSummary: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-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 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 Burgesons 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.Contact: [email protected]

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