Shadow State

''Terrific'' Sunday Times
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In the dark world of cryptocurrency, there''s a high price to pay . . .

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