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The Infinite State

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What to expect

'Prescient, dark, and ultimately hopeful' PIERCE BROWN
'Excellent' PETER F. HAMILTON
'A menacing experience' FONDA LEE
'Science fiction at its finest' SUNYI DEAN

In this brand-new blistering science fiction epic, Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival and an eviscerating examination of totalitarianism.

WHO GIVES YOU LIFE?
PATER AETERNUS.

Katherine Fuller's husband is dead. As an esteemed member of Pater Aeternus - governing party of the fascist, galaxy-spanning Decurion Empire - he has left behind an estate of immeasurable wealth. And Katherine is going to inherit it.

WHO GIVES YOU PURPOSE?
PATER AETERNUS.

Life under the Eternal Father is rigidly stratified, surveilled, and controlled - each new day to be endured, not lived. But with Katherine's newfound fortune, she is presented with a rare and dangerous opportunity: purchase a virgin world, and create a better, fairer society.

WHO GIVES YOU JOY?
PATER AETERNUS.

But the Empire cannot allow its wayward daughter to succeed. And as Katherine works in secret, recruiting allies she's not even sure she can trust, she will discover exactly how far Pater Aeternus is willing to go to stop her. Because Katherine is going to create something nobody has seen for many years.

A democracy.

1984 meets The Man in the High Castle in gripping sci-fi The Infinite State from Richard Swan, which begins at a flashpoint in the lives of a widowed party member, a disgraced investigator, and a hypersled pilot - entangled in a plot to escape the suffocating authority of a fascist state.

'A thrilling vision of resistance to dystopian fascism' J.T. GREATHOUSE
'Absorbing and thought-provoking' SCOTT DRAKEFORD
'Richard's writing is scapel-sharp' NICHOLAS EAMES

Critics Review

Prescient, dark, and ultimately hopeful, The Infinite State mauled my heart and kept me reading well into the winnowing hours of the night
Pierce Brown, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of RED RISING
The Infinite State is the kind of future that's so horrific you hope in your heart it will never exist. But Richard Swan has made it believable
Peter F. Hamilton, New York Times bestselling author of EXODUS: THE ARCHIMEDES ENGINE
A menacing experience in a despicable galactic empire. I had a great time
Fonda Lee, author of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO and the GREEN BONE SAGA
The Infinite State is science fiction at its finest, doing what sci-fi does best: showing us how to build a better future. This book is a reflection of our times, and for our times
Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
A thrilling vision of resistance to dystopian fascism in the intergalactic future, with an exactly perfect portion of sentient murder gorillas
J. T. Greathouse, author of THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT
This was excellent. Richard's writing is scalpel-sharp, and the future he envisions is so starkly relevant one hopes it isn't right around the corner. If you're looking for smart, sophisticated science fiction to fill the Iain Banks-shaped hole in your soul, this is it
Nicholas Eames, author of KINGS OF THE WYLD
Absorbing and thought-provoking. Quintessential Richard Swan
Scott Drakeford, author of the AGE OF IRE series
A compelling and original science fiction novel that shines a light into the darkness of space and the human spirit
David Goodman, award-winning author of A RELUCTANT SPY
Riveting and utterly addictive. Sci-fi that demands and commands your attention from grim start to epic finish
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Author Richard Swan
Series Decurion Saga
Duration 16 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9781399627771
Format Audiobook
Publisher Orion
Genre Dystopian and utopian fiction, Political / legal thriller, Science fiction: space opera, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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