The Sum of All Things
The City-States Cycle
by Seb Doubinsky
The highly anticipated final 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.
REVIEW
5 out of 5
Doubinsky has woven a fascinating tale, full of intrigue, aliens, and politics. The imagery is vivid, and you can see the story unfold before your eyes. The story itself is interesting and well-written, and holds your attention from start to finish. The characters are well-done and believable, even Vita, the resident alien. There are definitely some underlying themes that feel like commentary about some things in today’s world. If you enjoy pulp sci-fi mixed with a bit of philosophy and spec-fic, then you need to grab this!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Seb 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.
