About the Author

Henry Porter was a regular columnist for the Observer and now writes about European power and politics for The Hive website in the US. He has written several bestselling thrillers, including Brandenburg, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, A Spy's Life and Empire State, which were both nominated for the same award. He is also the author of the Paul Samson spy thrillers: Firefly, which won the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and White Hot Silence. Henry Porter is frequently described as the heir to John le Carre. He lives in London.

Reviews

Plausible, scary and exciting ... excellent - Literary ReviewEmpire State is well paced and cleverly constructed ... refreshingly well written - SpectatorA wonderful treat ... Here is a spy writer whose work is becoming increasingly unbeatable - IndependentPorter has fast become one of the masters of the genre - Sunday Telegraph