OREANDA-NEWS. Former head of the State Department and US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will co-write a book with Canadian writer Louise Penny. The novel, titled «State of Terror», will be released on October 12, 2021, by «Simon & Schuster». The main character of the book, the genre of which is defined as a «political thriller», will be the US Secretary of State, who joined the administration of his former rival in the election.

«A series of terrorist attacks is throwing the world order into chaos, and the Secretary of State is tasked with assembling a team to uncover a deadly plot», wrote at the book's description.

Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 in the Obama administration. She has previously published seven books, including memoirs of the 2016 election campaign, in which she lost to Donald Trump. Louise Penny is the author of a series of best-selling detective novels about Inspector Armand Gamache of the Quebec Police. Her books have been translated into 31 languages.