État de terreur

Resource Information

The work État de terreur represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

État de terreur

Statement of responsibility

Hillary Rodham Clinton et Louise Penny ; traduit de l'anglais par Lori Saint-Martin et Paul Gagné

Creator

• Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Contributor

• Gagné, Paul, 1961-
• Penny, Louise
• Saint-Martin, Lori, 1959-

Subject

• Conspiracies -- Fiction
• Female friendship -- Fiction
• French language collection
• Terrorists -- Fiction
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Fiction
• United States, Department of State -- Fiction
• Women cabinet officers -- United States -- Fiction
• Canadian fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Canadian fiction

Language

fre

Summary

• After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in, and to everyone{u2019}s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state. There is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams, his new secretary of state. But it{u2019}s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment, he silences one of his harshest critics, since taking the job means Adams must step down as head of her multinational media conglomerate. As the new president addresses Congress for the first time, with Secretary Adams in attendance, Anahita Dahir, a young foreign service officer (FSO) on the Pakistan desk at the State Department, receives a baffling text from an anonymous source. Too late, she realizes the message was a hastily coded warning. What begins as a series of apparent terrorist attacks is revealed to be the beginning of an international chess game involving the volatile and byzantine politics of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran; the race to develop nuclear weapons in the region; the Russian mob; a burgeoning rogue terrorist organization; and an American government set back on its heels in the international arena. As the horrifying scale of the threat becomes clear, Secretary Adams and her team realize it has been carefully planned to take advantage of four years of an American government out of touch with international affairs, out of practice with diplomacy, and out of power in the places where it counts the most. To defeat such an intricate, carefully constructed conspiracy, it will take the skills of a unique team: a passionate young FSO; a dedicated journalist; and a smart, determined, but as yet untested new secretary of state
• Au terme d{u2019}une période politique mouvementée aux États-Unis, une nouvelle administration vient d{u2019}être assermentée. À la surprise générale, le président nomme Ellen Adams au poste clé de secrétaire d{u2019}État, muselant ainsi l{u2019}une de ses plus virulentes critiques. Soudainement, une série d{u2019}attentats terroristes met à mal l{u2019}ordre mondial. Tandis que cette menace se précise, la secrétaire. d{u2019}État comprend que le gouvernement précédent, déconnecté des affaires internationales, a laissé le pays sans beaucoup d{u2019}amis ni d{u2019}alliés. Elle se rend compte que la conspiration est plus complexe, les enjeux plus élevés et les ennemis de l{u2019}État beaucoup plus proches qu{u2019}elle ne l{u2019}aurait jamais imaginé. Pour déjouer ces derniers, elle constitue une équipe exceptionnelle, incluant sa. propre fille, une jeune agente passionnée du Service extérieur, ainsi que sa plus fidèle amie et conseillère. État de terreur est un thriller international unique et captivant, coécrit par Louise Penny, écrivaine québécoise maintes fois primée dont les romans figurent systématiquement en tête des palmarès d es meilleures ventes, et Hillary Rodham Clinton, la 67 e secrétaire d{u2019}État des États-Unis

Cataloging source

CaOWLBI

Language note

Text in French

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult