<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>