Shadow State

''Terrific'' Sunday Times 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 ''Full on, fast-paced, gripping'' – Sunday Sport ''Authentic to the core'' – Daily Express ''Stunning'' – Sun ''Unstoppable'' – Daily Mirror