The state bred and brutalised Damien Carver to be an administrator, a sociopath, a believer. But his talent as an overlooked novice spymaster is all his.

Now the state, obsessed with whispers of a plot the secret police can't uproot or silence needs those skills. Can the suppressed masses really hate the regime more than fear it?

For the government, this is the dawn of the struggle for its survival. For Carver, it's a deepening struggle between his brainwashing and his humanity.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy meets The Man In The High Castle, The Commonstate is a reimagined 'now' -- a window into what could have been... and a mirror of what is.

The Wicked Extinction Of Light is the first episode of The Commonstate series, now in development as a TV series.