State of Terror

De: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny

Narrado por: Joan Allen

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

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?

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.
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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

Reseñas de la Crítica

Pretty darn good...the real appeal of the novel, apart from a fuel tanker’s worth of political score-settling, is that this is as close as you’ll get to being in the White House Situation Room with a secretary of state.

Tightly plotted tale of political intrigue...[Clinton and Penny are] a match made in heaven... This is meticulously plotted, intelligent and terrifying... Don’t miss it. (Alison Flood)

Great fun...an unexpected delight

remarkable...Fast-paced and packed with insider knowledge, it superbly conveys the pressures at the heart of the world’s diplomacy.

I expected a thriller written by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny to be smart, very well-written, and suspenseful . . . But <i>State of Terror</i> is so much more than that. Yes, this novel is a rip-roaring, brilliant page-turner, but it’s also timely, cheeky, important, and wonderfully, courageously provocative. What great fun! (James Patterson)

The nearly 500-page novel combines other details that resonate with recent news... along with explorations of friendship... and, for the writers, the enjoyment of placing women of a certain age at the heart of a political thriller.

<i>State of Terror</i> is an absolutely gripping, utterly believable, heart-stopping thriller that will make readers question how much is fiction and how much is based on reality. Clinton and Penny are each a force on their own – put together they are unstoppable (Karin Slaughter)

This is the perfect political thriller: rollercoaster action, credible heroes and villains, and a glimpse into the world of our most powerful politicians. Add into the mix flashes of humour and fine writing and we have a winning formula! (Ann Cleeves)

Expectedly, but effectively, the book targets Washington misogyny...The novel is geopolitically thoughtful as well, exploring a moral dilemma worthy of John le Carré... (Mark Lawson)

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner … a romp...political junkies will relish the veiled insults to real-life people. … I’m going to award the prize for Best Clinton Thriller of 2021 to Hillary.

Smart and fast and twisty, <i>State of Terror </i>is a dazzlingly unpredictable political thriller. I loved it (Kathy Reichs)

cracking political thriller... (Ryan Tubridy, RTE)

a complex plot with the highest international stakes...<i>State of Terror</i> proves to be a lively ... blockbuster...The geopolitical aspects here are handled with plausible authenticity...

Mrs Clinton's co-author is the splendid Louise Penny, author of the wonderful Inspector Gamache series...lively and readable...

Best fiction in a long long time!!!!!

The entire book is very close to a possible reality even if it is a fiction. It is just great. I advise anyone to read r listen to it.

Rushed ending

Starts with some solid setting up of the chess board but then degenerates into a rushed endong. Some super cringey flag waving to boot.

Dreadful, caricatures, grudges

Returned this. My curiosity about the plot was not sufficient to put up with the terrible writing and utterly implausible characterisations. Narrator did her best but must have been cringing throughout.

Cheap plot - caution spoiler

The last thing you want to read, or listen in this case, for a thriller involving the US President is when everybody surrounding him is a bad guy conspiring against him. I’m struggling to finish the book because of this bad taste that I have to swallow. Next time, try a more convincing plot.