{"product_id":"dark-state-book-charles-stross-9780765337603","title":"Dark State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugo Award-winning author Charles 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dark State\u003c\/i\u003e ups the ante on the already volatile situations laid out in the sleek techno-thriller \u003ci\u003eEmpire Games,\u003c\/i\u003e the start to Stross' new story-line, and perfect entry point for new readers, in The Merchant Princes series\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e y and technological speculation, Stross' writing will captivate any reader who's a fan hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage.y and technological speculation, Stross' writing will captivate any reader who's a fan hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage.y and technological speculation, Stross' writing will captivate any reader who's a fan hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49779952976145,"sku":"CIN0765337606G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50508636389649,"sku":"CIN0765337606VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006841291025,"sku":"NIN9780765337603","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0765337606.jpg?v=1751296432","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/dark-state-book-charles-stross-9780765337603","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}