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Dark state / Charles Stross.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765337573
- ISBN: 0765337576
- Physical Description: 349 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tom Doherty Associates, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2017
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| General Note: | Includes glossary of terms. |
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| Subject: | Time travel > Fiction. Nuclear warfare > Fiction. Espionage > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. Action and adventure fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | SF STROS C (Text) | 33126023169836 | Science Fiction | Available | - |