| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 56 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Empire Games ; bk. 2 |
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Stross, Charles.
Empire Games. Spoken word ; bk. 2
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Kate Reading. |
| Summary |
Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross dives deep into the underbelly of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance in this provocative techno-thriller audiobook set in The Merchant Princes multi-verseDark 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 a perfect entry point for new listeners, 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' prose will captivate listeners who like hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Genre |
Adventure fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Spy stories.
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| Added Author |
Reading, Kate.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781427288806 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1427288801 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12140504 |
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