# Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle - Paperback

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by **Malka Older** (Author)

**Read _Infomocracy_, the first book in Campbell Award finalist Malka Older's groundbreaking cyberpunk political thriller series The Centenal Cycle, a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series, and the novel _NPR_ called "Kinetic and gripping."**

\- **A Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel**  
\- **The book _The Huffington Post_ called "one of the greatest literary debuts in recent history"**  
\- **One of _Kirkus_' "Best Fiction of 2016"  
**\- **One of _The Washington Post_'s "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2016"**  
\- **One of _Book Riot's_ "Best Books of 2016 So Far"**

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.

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 _pax democratica_. 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?

_Infomocracy_ is Malka Older's debut novel.

**THE CENTENAL CYCLE**  
Book 1: _Infomocracy_  
Book 2: _Null States_  
Book 3: _State Tectonics_

PRAISE FOR INFOMOCRACY

"A fast-paced, post-cyberpunk political thriller... If you always wanted to put _The West Wing_ in a particle accelerator with _Snow Crash_ to see what would happen, read this book." --Max Gladstone, author of _Last First Snow_

"Smart, ambitious, bursting with provocative extrapolations, _Infomocracy_ is the big-data-big-ideas-techno-analytical-microdemoglobal-post-everything political thriller we've been waiting for." --Ken Liu, author of _The Grace of Kings_

"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 _Infomocracy_'s greatest hope. An inspiring book about what we frail humans could still achieve, if we learn to work together." --Karl Schroeder, author of _Lockstep_ and the Virga saga

### Author Biography

MALKA OLDER is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller _Infomocracy_ was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot, and the Washington Post. The Centenal Cycle trilogy, which also includes _Null States_ (2017) and _State Tectonics_ (2018), is a finalist for the Hugo Best Series Award of 2018. She is also the creator of the serial _Ninth Step Station_, currently running on Serial Box, and her short story collection _And Other Disasters_ will come out in December 2019. Named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for 2015, she has more than a decade of field experience in humanitarian aid and development. Her doctoral work on the sociology of organizations at Sciences Po Paris explores the dynamics of post-disaster improvisation in governments.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** August 08, 2017

## Details

- **Price:** 29.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Cyberpunk, Fiction, Political, Price Written on Book, Science Fiction, Technological, Thrillers

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