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  • Shadow State

  • By: Andy McNab
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (109 ratings)

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Summary

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.

©2023 Andy McNab (P)2023 Welbeck Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"This is the new frontier of warfare, and McNab is on the front line." (Michael Robotham)

"A tremendous adventure story." (Daily Telegraph)

"Extraordinary." (The Times)

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Very different for a Mcnabb book but enjoyable

Really enjoyed it. So different from the bangs and crashes and dead count from Andy.
Looks like Pike and Jones may be making another appearance in the future

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Nice cross over into the cyber world for a McNab

Good development however ending was somewhat of an anticlimax, nevertheless enjoyed and would recommend.

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Different

Having read or listened to most of Andy McNabs books this one was refreshingly different. Very cleverly put together

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Great stuff

A new avenue that I really enjoyed listening to feom Andy Mcnab.
I wish there was a little more detail on some aspects. but hopefully, we will get that on the next book.

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Nice

First time I’ve ‘met’ this author. Definitely someone I would invite to a dinner party. Intelligent creative imagination.
You’ll just have to listen to find out if it’s your ’cup of tea’.

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Excellent new direction

A new angle for Mr McNab, intelligent well researched content, creative plot, believable characters, really looking forward to the next instalment.

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Awesome

Very different to the usual McNab storyline but as ever brilliantly delivered. And as ever letting know a little more about the real world we live in but don’t see.

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This is a Five Star book!!!

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I found it overall 5 star.
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Great venture away from his usual books

The characters were well thought through. The story moved along at a good pace. It was well read and I listened to it in 2 days completely absorbed by the story. More like this please Andy.

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Another great story from Andy McNab well performed by the narrator Colin Mace. looking forward to the next book

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