State of Terror
The Unputdownable Thriller Straight from the White House
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4.5 • 77 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller!
‘A rip-roaring, brilliant page-turner, but it’s also timely, cheeky, important and wonderfully, courageously provocative. What great fun!’ – James Patterson
‘Smart and fast and twisty, State of Terror is a dazzlingly unpredictable political thriller. I loved it’ – Kathy Reichs
State of Terror is a compelling and critically acclaimed international political thriller co-written by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 67th secretary of state, and Louise Penny, a multiple award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling novelist.
Take a ringside seat in the high-stakes world of international politics . . .
After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in. Secretary of State, Ellen Adams, is determined to do her duty for her country. But she is about to face a horrifying international threat . . .
A young foreign service officer has received a baffling text from an anonymous source. Too late, she realizes it was a hastily coded warning. Then a series of bus bombs devastate Europe, heralding the rise of a new rogue terrorist organization who will stop at nothing in their efforts to develop their own nuclear arsenal.
As Ellen unravels the damaging effects of the former presidency on international politics, she must also contemplate the unthinkable: that the last president of the United States was more than just an ineffectual leader. Was he also a traitor to his country?
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Praise for State of Terror:
‘Clinton and Penny are each a force on their own - put together they are unstoppable’ – Karin Slaughter
'This is as close as you’ll get to being in the White House Situation Room with a secretary of state.' – The Times
'Fast-paced and packed with insider knowledge.' – Daily Mail
'The perfect political thriller . . . a glimpse into the world of our most powerful politicians.' - Ann Cleeves
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rapid-fire plot twists are at the fore of this derivative thriller, set in an alternative 2021, from bestsellers Penny (the Inspector Gamache series) and Clinton (What Happened), making her fiction debut. Douglas Williams, who has become president following the defeat of his Trumpian predecessor, has named Ellen Adams, a media mogul who supported his opponents, as his secretary of state. After a disastrous mission Adams undertakes in South Korea, she soon has another, larger crisis to manage. Bus bombs in London, Paris, and Frankfurt kill dozens, but no individual or group claims responsibility for them, suggesting that the atrocities are a prologue to future attacks, possibly in the U.S. Adams travels to hostile terrain, including Teheran and Islamabad, in a desperate effort to avert a mega-terror event on U.S. soil. Though the cadences and humor of Penny's mysteries are present, they're not enough to compensate for a story line heavily dependent on contrivances and implausibilities. This is more likely to appeal to fans of Bill Clinton and James Patterson's The President's Daughter than the legion of readers devoted to Penny's Inspector Gamache novels. Agents: Bob Barnett, Williams & Connelly, and David Gernert, Gernert Company.
Customer Reviews
Not great
I did not enjoy the writing style. Short paragraphs. Short sentences. Very short. Too short. Throughout the book. Too many coincidences. Unrealistic dialogue.