We adore this review by Publishers Weekly of Seb Doubinsky’s latest: THE SUM OF ALL THINGS (Nov 5, 2024). And yes, we agree, fans of the City-States Cycle will be pleased with this latest standalone!
Brimming with espionage, censorship, and political turmoil, the fragmentary but appealingly intimate ninth installment of Doubinsky’s City-States series (after Paperclip) takes readers to the futuristic city of New Samarqand. … Doubinsky pulls off an impressive feat in keeping each perspective unique while subtly intertwining the characters’ story lines. Intriguingly, the prose and dialogue are sometimes oddly formal, lending a degree of unreality or absurdity to what would otherwise be a high stakes thriller. 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 highly anticipated next installment in Seb Doubinsky’s City-States Cycle is smart, subtle and unputdownable!
In New Samarqand, trouble is brewing: The king is very ill, nobody knows who will succeed him and terrorist groups are plaguing the city-state. In the eye of the storm, the National Museum is opening a new wing displaying the magnificent tomb of two Amazon sisters, who fell in battle together. Following parallel lines in this ominous labyrinth, Hokki, the new museum director, Ali the police commissioner, Kassandra, the poet, Thomas, the used-books seller and Vita, the secret agent from Planet X try to keep the pieces together and fight against the forces of chaos threatening their very existence.
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