Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle

Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle

<p><b>Read <i>Infomocracy</i>, the first book in Campbell Award finalist Malka Older's groundbreaking cyberpunk political thriller series The Centenal Cycle and the novel <i>NPR</i> called "Kinetic and gripping."</b></p><p>• <b>A Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel</b><br>• <b>The book <i>The Huffington Post</i> called "one of the greatest literary debuts in recent history"</b><br>• <b>One of <i>Kirkus</i>' "Best Fiction of 2016"</b><br><b></b>• <b>One of <i>The Washington Post</i>'s "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2016"</b><br>• <b>One of <i>Book Riot's</i> "Best Books of 2016 So Far"</b></p><p>It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line.</p><p>With power comes corruption. For Ken, this is his chance to do right by the idealistic Policy1st party and get a steady job in the big leagues. For Domaine, the election represents another staging ground in his ongoing struggle against the <i>pax democratica</i>. For Mishima, a dangerous Information operative, the whole situation is a puzzle: how do you keep the wheels running on the biggest political experiment of all time, when so many have so much to gain?</p><p><i>Infomocracy</i> is Malka Older's debut novel.</p><p>PRAISE FOR INFOMOCRACY</p><p>“A fast-paced, post-cyberpunk political thriller... If you always wanted to put <i>The West Wing</i> in a particle accelerator with <i>Snow Crash</i> to see what would happen, read this book.” ―Max Gladstone, author of <i>Last First Snow</i></p><p>"Smart, ambitious, bursting with provocative extrapolations, <i>Infomocracy</i> is the big-data-big-ideas-techno-analytical-microdemoglobal-post-everything political thriller we've been waiting for." ―Ken Liu, author of <i>The Grace of Kings</i></p><p>"In the mid-21st century, your biggest threat isn’t Artificial Intelligence―it’s other people. Yet the passionate, partisan, political and ultimately fallible men and women fighting for their beliefs are also <i>Infomocracy</i>’s greatest hope. An inspiring book about what we frail humans could still achieve, if we learn to work together." ―Karl Schroeder, author of <i>Lockstep</i> and the Virga saga</p>