Empire State
A nail-biting thriller set in the high-stakes aftermath of 9/11
Published on 30. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-78747-941-8 (ISBN)
Description
'An espionage master' Charles Cumming
Former spy Robert Harland returns in this nailbiting thriller set in the aftermath of 9/11
The head of the US National Security Agency is assassinated in spectacular fashion at Heathrow.
An airport employee and his family are found murdered in their council house in Uxbridge.
In New York, a fashionable Upper East Side osteopath receives two postcards showing the Empire State Building.
A group of migrant workers are brutally gunned down in Macedonia.
The quest to find the link between these apparently random events is pursued by Robert Harland - drawn back to a world he thought he'd left behind - with a dual role for the UN and MI6.
Former spy Robert Harland returns in this nailbiting thriller set in the aftermath of 9/11
The head of the US National Security Agency is assassinated in spectacular fashion at Heathrow.
An airport employee and his family are found murdered in their council house in Uxbridge.
In New York, a fashionable Upper East Side osteopath receives two postcards showing the Empire State Building.
A group of migrant workers are brutally gunned down in Macedonia.
The quest to find the link between these apparently random events is pursued by Robert Harland - drawn back to a world he thought he'd left behind - with a dual role for the UN and MI6.
Reviews / Votes
British espionage fiction is the best in the world, and Porter is one of the reasons why -- Lee Child An espionage master -- Charles Cumming A welcome return ... timely and terrific -- Mick HerronMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78747-941-8 (9781787479418)
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11/2018
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Person
Henry Porter was a regular columnist for the Observer and now writes about European power and politics for The Hive website in the US. He has written several bestselling thrillers, including Brandenburg, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, A Spy's Life and Empire State, which were both nominated for the same award. He is also the author of the Paul Samson spy thrillers: Firefly, which won the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and White Hot Silence. Henry Porter is frequently described as the heir to John le Carre. He lives in London.