<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 microdemocracy. 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>All three begin to realize that not everyone plans to play fair at the next election. The Liberty party is ascending on the back of subtle promises of warfare, and Heritage will do anything to keep itself in power. A perfect storm is brewing, one that might bring the new world order to its knees.</p><p>&quot;A fast-paced, post-cyberpunk political thriller... If you always wanted to put<i>West Wing</i> Aaron Sorkin in a particle accelerator with <i>Snow Crash</i> to see what would happen, read this book.&quot;<br>-Max Gladstone, author of the Craft Sequence</p>