Zero Sum Game
S. L. Huang
(Author)
Description
ZERO SUM GAME Best of Lists:
* Best Books of the Month at The Verge, Book Riot, Unbound Worlds, SYFY, & Kirkus
* The Mary Sue Book Club Pick
* Library Journal Best Debuts of Fall and Winter
A blockbuster, near-future science fiction thriller, S.L. Huang's Zero Sum Game introduces a math-genius mercenary who finds herself being manipulated by someone possessing unimaginable power...
She doesn't know which of her thoughts are her own anymore. "Fresh and exciting... a great start to an exciting series--and an exciting career." --Boing Boing
Product Details
Price
$18.99
$17.66
Publisher
Tor Books
Publish Date
June 04, 2019
Pages
352
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.2 X 1.1 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781250180278
BISAC Categories:
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About the Author
S. L. HUANG has a math degree from MIT and is a professional stuntwoman and armorer who has worked in Hollywood on Battlestar Galactica and a number of other productions. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Nature, Daily Science Fiction, and The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016. She is the author of the Cas Russell series, which includes Zero Sum Game and Null Set.
Reviews
"A smart, calculated action thriller that keeps the reader guessing."--Den of Geek
"Trust us, trigonometry has never sounded so cool."--Paste Magazine "Fun and original."--San Francisco Chronicle "The best novel I've read this year; a heroine I fell in love with."--Eric Van Lustbader, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Cas Russell is who I want to be when I grow up. She kicks ass with her fists and her brain--a true twenty-first century action hero. I loved this book."--Richard Kadrey "This book lines up like a perfect, elegant equation -- it's fast, furious, and adds up to one of the coolest, most crackin' reads this year. "--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Invasive and Star Wars: Aftermath "The smartest and thrillingest book you'll read all year."--Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories "Paced at a flat out sprint, Zero Sum Game deploys an astonishing array of weapons together with the prickly charms of its math genius protagonist on her turbulent journey toward trust and connection."--Kate Elliott "Intense, vivid, and insanely clever, with a great heroine--I couldn't put it down. If only more authors with math degrees used them like this!"--Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author "A fast-paced, darkly humorous read with a lot of heart for fans of action and urban fantasy, as well as lovers of Wolverine and other morally ambiguous, gritty superheroes with a mysterious past."--Booklist, Starred Review "This hard-to-put-down, action-packed sf debut is intelligent and entertaining. With Cas, Huang has created an indelible, flawed character who makes mathematics seem almost magical."--Library Journal, Starred Review "A paranormal thriller in which both the action and the questions don't stop....Cas is an awesome antiheroine...exciting, nasty fun...an excellent harbinger for books to come."--Kirkus
