Dark State cover art

Dark State

Empire Games, Book 2

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Dark State

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Dark State is the second book in the thrilling Empire Games series set in the same world as Charles Stross' The Merchant Princes series.

In the near future, the collision of two nuclear superpowers – in two different timelines – is imminent. One America is experiencing its first technological revolution, whilst a parallel United States is a hi-tech police state. But both are poised to wreak destruction.

In Miriam Burgeson’s America, internal politics are pulling the government apart. But if one of her agents secures a high-profile defection, civil war may be averted. Rita Douglas, rival US spy, arrives during this crisis. Her world is rocked when she realizes Miriam is her mother, who gave her up for adoption as a baby. But what impact will this have on the conflict?

Then the US discovers another timeline, and the remains of an advanced society. Something annihilated that civilization – and Rita’s people are about to rouse it.

©2017 Charles Stross (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio
Adventure Science Fiction Fiction War Government

Listeners also enjoyed...

Starter Villain cover art
Slayers: A Buffyverse Story cover art
The Kaiju Preservation Society cover art
The Quantum Magician cover art
Fly by Wire cover art
The Savannah Project cover art
Bad Traffick cover art
Children of Time cover art
The Singularity Trap cover art
The Colour of Magic cover art
Columbus Day cover art
Outland cover art
Roadkill cover art
Chasing Ivan cover art
The Short Drop cover art
The Teeth of the Tiger cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Enjoyable read, followed through from the Merchant Princes series. , Can't wait for January for the final book.

solid story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.