Dive into Null States, the second entry in Malka Older's bestselling science fiction trilogy, The Centenal Cycle Null States propels us into a techno-charged near future, where the world has embraced a revolutionary form of democratic governance. Unfold a tale of international intrigue, gripping suspense, and cerebral thrill as the newly instituted Supermajority government battles to establish its legitimacy amidst a world where data reigns supreme. Experience a unique depiction of a world where microdemocracy has been at the heart of global peace for thirty years, now threatened by shadows plotting to take control from behind the scenes. In the newly-incorporated DarFur, a governor dies in a fiery explosion. In Geneva, a superpower hatches plans to bring microdemocracy to its knees. In Central Asia, a sprawling war among archaic states threatens to explode into a global crisis. And across the world, a shadowy plot is growing, threatening to strangle Information with the reins of power. THE CENTENAL CYCLE Book 1: Infomocracy Book 2: Null States Book 3: State Tectonics At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Micro-democracy and global information networks frame the political science fiction of The Centenal Cycle, a speculative novel series that begins with Infomocracy. Author Malka Older integrates deep expertise in sociology, governance, and international humanitarian response to craft imaginative narratives about global information management, institutional design, and political systems.
Malka Older is a writer, sociologist, and humanitarian aid worker who earned degrees from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and Sciences Po. Prior to establishing her literary career, she spent over eight years in international humanitarian aid and development, eventually serving as the 2015 Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. She serves as the Executive Director of Global Voices, an international network of writers, editors, and translators providing community journalism while advocating for indigenous and minority languages, media literacy, digital rights, and online freedom of expression. Older is also a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University's School for the Future of Innovation in Society, where she teaches courses on predictive fictions and the humanitarian-development spectrum, hosts the Science Fiction Sparkle Salon, and acts as an Associate Researcher at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations.
Older's fiction examines the structural mechanisms of governance, technology, institutional resilience, and social cohesion across complex future societies. In The Centenal Cycle—comprising Infomocracy, Null States, and State Tectonics—she analyzes micro-democracies driven by global search engines and data algorithms. Her shorter fiction, including the collection ...And Other Disasters and the standalone work Narrative Disorder, focuses on themes of identity, otherness, artificial intelligence, and human adaptation during crisis. In her Jupiter-based science-fiction mystery series starring investigator Mossa and academic Pleiti, Older combines traditional detective procedural elements with scholarly inquiry and romance, investigating societal structures on a terraformed gas giant.
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