Shadow State (the Gripping New Novel From The Original Sas Hero)

By (author) McNab, Andy; By (author) Andy McNab
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The first novel in a new series by Andy McNab, about a former SAS soldier turned cryptography and cyber-weapons specialist. After leaving the SAS, Jackson Pike went rogue, selling his services to the highest bidder - a mercenary and amoral business, but increasingly lucrative and in demand.
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''Authentic to the core'' Daily Express ''Stunning'' Sun ''Unstoppable'' Daily Mirror

The first novel in a new series by Andy McNab, about a brilliant cryptography and cyberweapons specialist for hire.

From the central bank of El Salvador to a tantalum mine in Rwanda, the Acropolis Museum in Athens to the biggest freeport on the planet in Dubai, enter a world ruled by ones and zeroes and inhabited by people who don''t believe in trust.

Nathan Pike is one of those people. To some he''s a digital Robin Hood. To others he''s nothing but an amoral hacker. A codebreaking and encryption expert, he sells his skills to whoever can pay him what he wants or give him something he needs.

And when he''s sprung from a Cambodian prison by a woman calling herself Melody Jones, he''s made an offer the likes of which he''s never seen before.

MORE PRAISE FOR ANDY MCNAB:

''A tremendous adventure story'' – Daily Telegraph
''Extraordinary'' – The Times
''A rollercoaster ride'' – Guardian
''Full on, fast-paced, gripping'' – Sunday Sport

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PRAISE FOR ANDY McNAB:
''A tremendous adventure story'' Daily Telegraph
''Extraordinary'' The Times
''A rollercoaster ride'' Guardian
''Full on, fast paced, gripping'' Sunday Sport
''Authentic to the core'' Daily Express
''Stunning'' Sun
''Unstoppable''
Biographical note
As a member of 22 SAS, Andy McNab was at the centre of covert operations for nine years, across five continents. Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his military career, he was the British Army''s most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS. Since then, Andy McNab has become one of the world''s best-selling writers. As well as several non-fiction bestsellers includingBravo Two Zero, the biggest selling British work of military history, he is the author of numerous bestselling Nick Stone and Tom Buckingham thrillers, in addition to books for children. He continues to also be a spokesperson and fundraiser for both military and literacy charities.
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Andy McNab has sold 33 million books worldwide and Welbeck will relaunch his fiction brand with Shadow State.

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Package, marketing and story are all designed to feel contemporary – bringing old readers and new ones to a series about cryptography, high-finance, and a hyper-connected world.

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Cyber-weapons, particularly those designed by the NSA, and subsequently stolen by Russia and China (among others) are widely regarded as the frontiers of warfare. These, along with stolen cryptocurrency, form the basis of the plot.

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Welbeck are seeing this as a techno-thriller, in the vein of Michael Crichton, Greg Hurwitz, Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim) and William Gibson (particularly Neuromancer). Andy McNab is a master storyteller, and this novel takes his writing in an obvious new direction.