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In Dark State, Charles Stross explores paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance within The Merchant Princes multiverse. Set in a near future where two nuclear superpowers—one in a technological revolution and the other a hyper‑police state—face imminent collision, the story follows Commissioner Miriam Burgeson's agents as they conduct a high‑risk extraction of a major political player. Meanwhile, a sleeper cell in the timeline of Rita, Burgeson's adopted daughter and freshly minted spy, threatens to unravel everything. Stross, known for intricate world‑building and alternate‑history speculation, delivers a techno‑thriller of interdimensional political intrigue and espionage.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Charles Stross
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