"Kinetic and gripping" — NPR on Infomocracy Null States continues Campbell Award finalist Malka Older's Hugo Centenal Cycle, the near-future science fiction trilogy beginning with that is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series • The book The Huffington Post called "one of the greatest literary debuts in recent history" Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post , The Verge Flavorwire Kirkus , and Book Riot A Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel The future of democracy is about to implode. After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured thirty years of world peace is fraying at the edges. As the new Supermajority government struggles to establish its legitimacy, agents of Information across the globe strive to keep the peace and maintain the flows of data that feed the new world order. 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: Book 2: Book 3: State Tectonics