Shadow State: The gripping new novel from the original SAS hero

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'This is the new frontier of warfare, and McNab is on the front line' - Michael Robotham The first novel in a new series by Andy McNab, about a former SAS soldier turned cryptography and cyber-weapons specialist. From the central bank of El Salvador to a tantalum mine in Rwanda, the Acropolis Museum in Athens to the world's biggest freeport in Dubai, Shadow State is a cutting-edge thriller about the the computer codes - the ones and zeroes - that shape our world. Jackson Pike is from the North of England, doesn't mince his words, and has seen a thing or two. After the SAS he developed his gifts in computer science, specialising in encryption and codebreaking. Then he went rogue, selling his services to the highest bidder - a mercenary and amoral business, but increasingly lucrative and in demand. In the opening scene of the novel, he is sprung from a Cambodian prison by a woman calling herself Melody Jones. She makes him an offer - to steal something famously hard to steal...

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.

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' * Daily Mirror *