Shadow State

Product Description From the AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of COLLUSION‘Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world.’ -- Robert Saviano ‘[Collusion is] a superb piece of work ... essential reading for anyone who cares for his country.' -- John Le Carré ***No terrorist group has deployed a nerve agent in a civilian area or used a radioactive mini-bomb in London. The Kremlin has done both. Shadow State is a gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy.The operatives come in disguise. They pose as tourists, journalists and businessmen. Utterly ruthless, sometimes bungling and always ambitious, they roam from Salisbury to Helsinki, Ukraine to the Central African Republican, London to Washington. SHADOW STATE is a riveting and alarming investigation into those spies and the way Russia has used them to wage an increasingly bold war in the UK and beyond. The Kremlin has attempted to reshape politics in their own mould; the future of Western democracy is at stake as a result Review “If you doubt that hostile foreign powers were happy to assist Britain into decline, I recommend Shadow State … dazzling and meticulous.” -- Nick Cohen ― Observer Necessary ... [Harding] knows his snow on their boots. He was effectively expelled from Russia in 2011 for the crime of getting under the Kremlin’s skin, something too many Moscow correspondents fail to do … Shadow State reads like a thriller, but he hasn’t made it up. -- Guardian ― John Sweeney Shadow State raises fresh questions about the way the UK government has handled claims of Kremlin interference in Britain’s democratic processes -- David Bond ― Financial Times “An impassioned indictment of the Kremlin … detailed and compelling … wide-ranging and well-researched.” -- Daniel Beer ― Guardian ‘Book of the Day’ “Harding’s book poses a fearful dilemma … excellent.” -- Stuart Kelly ― Scotsman "Shadow State reads like a thriller and abounds with spies, dubious businessmen, politicians and crooks in various exotic settings." -- Judith Devlin ― Irish Times “Putin, an intelligence officer in East Germany in the 1980s, turned himself into today’s Tsar by means of kleptomania and a reassertion of the military power and techniques of international destabilisation inherited from the Soviet Union. It is brilliantly described in Luke Harding’s new book Shadow State.” -- Andrew Adonis ― New European [ Collusion is] a superb piece of work, wonderfully done and essential reading for anyone who cares for his country. Amazing research and brilliantly collated. -- John Le Carré Extraordinarily pacy ... [Collusion is] one of the best political thrillers I have come across in years -- Robert Fox ― Evening Standard Collusion is so essential and ... I wish everyone who is skeptical that Russia has leverage over Trump would read it ... Invaluable. ― The New York Times If you thought Michael Wolff's book was dynamite, just wait till you read Luke Harding's Collusion. Utterly damning. Devastating. -- Richard Dawkins A book I devoured ... Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world ... [ Collusion is] the definitive book on relations between Putin and Trump. -- Robert Saviano Book Description A gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy. From the Back Cover From the AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of COLLUSION ‘Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world.’ -- Robert Saviano ‘[Collusion is] a superb piece of work ... essential reading for anyone who cares for his country.' -- John Le Carré No terrorist group has deployed a nerve agent in a civilian area or used a radioactive mini-bomb in London. The Kremlin has done both. Shadow State is a gripping inv