A review by pwbalto
Null States: Book Two of the Centenal Cycle by Malka Ann Older

4.0

I love that Malka Older's initials are MAO. It's as if she was born to comment on political systems, and to make up new ones. I find the pan-global, post-national world of micro-democracies she has created, in which both nationalism and narrative are considered to be diseases, to be both well-informed and hopelessly idealistic - and it is clear that she does too. Watching her set it up, test the model, and find the places where it frays is almost as much fun as watching her terrifically competent (mostly) female characters navigate its fallout.