A city on the brink, a battle for its soul.
In New Samarqand, the king is dying, and terrorist groups are rising. As the National Museum prepares to unveil its Amazon sisters' tomb, a web of intrigue tightens around the city.
Enter Hokki, the museum director; Ali, the police commissioner; Kassandra, the poet; Thomas, the bookseller; and Vita, the secret agent. In this final installment of the City-States Cycle, they must navigate a labyrinth of power, corruption, and betrayal to save their world.
For readers of speculative fiction, dystopian novels, and political thrillers, The Sum of All Things is a smart, subtle, and unputdownable exploration of identity, resistance, and the forces that shape our reality.
About the Author :
eb Doubinsky is a bilingual writer born in Paris in 1963. His novels, all set in a dystopian universe revolving around competing cities-states, have been published in the UK and in the USA. He currently lives with his family in Aarhus, Denmark, where he teaches at the university.
Review :
"An intricately woven plot about saving Earth's freedom with disparate, personable characters...a deftly packed & poetic novel you'll be glad you picked up." --Independent Book Review "Doubinsky straddles a challenging line of action and intellect, emerging with a rigorous portrait of a turbulent city that's sure to please series fans." --Publishers Weekly
"The Sum of All Things, the latest exploration of The City-States Cycle, is at heart a tense noir that takes the reader on a cool, cerebral ride." --Jordan A. Rothacker, author of The Shrieking of Nothing
"The Sum of All Things reads like A Scanner Darkly with the pace Doubinsky pulp style. ... Recommended to fans of Philip K. Dick or a drug-fueled series of experiments, love, political antics and pulp Sci-fi." --Donald Armfield, author of From The Belly Of The Goat
"In Seb Doubinsky's eponymous volume--the lines between poetry, prose poetry, flash fiction and very short fiction are erased giving rise to multiple tonal registers. ... readers will be amply, unusually and uniquely rewarded." --Ben Arzate, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saying Goodbye
"Doubinsky mixes textures of political intrigue, drug hallucination, magic and mythical powers with a literary palette knife into a spellbinding narrative reminiscent of the best of Philip K. Dick, John Shirley and William Gibson. Not to be missed." --Alex S. Johnson, editor of Hand of Doom: A Literary Tribute to Black Sabbath
"A staccato, enigmatic, deceptively philosophical book that will have readers rushing back to the beginning of the City-States experience." --Kurt Baumeister, author of Twilight of the Gods
"Seb Doubinsky charmingly astounds in this installment of the City-States series and its hallucinogenic Synth, a perilous drug that shifts culture, bends reality." --Eugen Bacon, Aurealis Magazine
