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Bibliographic Information
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Dark state
First edition.
- Author
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Stross, Charles.
- Publisher:
- Tom Doherty Associates,
- Pub date:
- [2018]
- Pages:
- 349 pages ;
- ISBN:
- 9780765337573
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult fiction shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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Adult Fiction in Hardcover
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Dark state
First edition.
Stross, Charles.
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Dark state
First edition.
Stross, Charles.
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Personal Author:
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Stross, Charles.
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Title:
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Dark state / Charles Stross.
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Edition:
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First edition.
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Physical description:
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349 pages ; 24 cm.
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Series Statement:
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(Empire games ; book II)
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General Note:
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Includes glossary of terms.
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Summary:
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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 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.
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Subject term:
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Time travel--Fiction.