Dark state

About “Dark state”

Dark State is a techno-thriller by Charlie Stross set in the Merchant Princes multiverse. It continues the story started in Empire Games and serves as an entry point for new readers. The novel explores themes of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance. It follows Commissioner Miriam Burgeson, who oversees a high-risk extraction of a political figure in her timeline. Meanwhile, a sleeper cell activated in the timeline of Rita, Burgeson's adopted daughter and new spy, creates tension and threatens to disrupt operations. Stross is known for detailed world-building and imagining alternate histories and technological scenarios. The book appeals to fans of high-tech thrillers and inter-dimensional political intrigue.