A book about an unlikely pair of lonely outsiders–one individual, one AI–on an adventure to save the fantastic American town of Metropolis compiled by ‘one of the very most exciting brand-new voices in fiction’ (Charles Yu)

*Named one of the better books of the month by Library Journal (‘Debut from the Month’), The Verge, io9, Amazon Books, Book from the Month Golf club, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, NYLON, and Tor.com*

In Metropolis, the gleaming city of tomorrow, the imagine the great American city continues to be achieved. But everything about The Municipalists: A Book is going to modify, unless a neurotic, rule-following bureaucrat and an irreverent, freewheeling artificial intelligence can save the city from a secret terrorist storyline that threatens its very existence.

Henry Thompson has dedicated his existence to bettering America’s infrastructure as a very pleased employee of america Municipal Survey. So when the company comes under assault, he dutifully allows his unexpected mission to go to Metropolis searching for answers. But his programs to investigate silently, quickly, and properly are interrupted by his fresh partner: a day-drinking know-it-all named OWEN, who also turns out to be the projected embodiment from the agency’s supercomputer. Quickly, Henry and OWEN are fighting to save not only their personal lives and those from the city’s millions of inhabitants, but also the soul of Metropolis. The Municipalists can be an exciting, funny, and touching adventure tale, a tour-de-force of creativity that trenchantly explores our human relationships to the cities around us and the systems guiding us in to the future.

‘A new and irreverent undertake both real-world politics and sci-fi background.’-The Wall Street Journal