Praise for Zero Sum Game:
"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
"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
"Fast, furious, and adds up to one of the coolest, most crackin’ reads this year."Chuck Wendig
"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 braina true twenty-first century action hero. I loved this book."Richard Kadrey
"Paced at a flat out sprint."Kate Elliott
“The smartest and thrillingest book you’ll read all year.”Ken Liu
"Intense, vivid, and insanely clever, with a great heroineI couldn't put it down."Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author
"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
06/01/2019
In Zero Sum Game, Cas Russell was able to take out Pithica, the organization of telepaths trying to create a better world through their control, but now the crime rate is spiking and Cas feels responsible. So, why not take on the crime organizations that are ramping up in Los Angeles? Especially since Cas's own mathematical abilities make her nearly superpowered. Except that Cas knows that her last battle with Pithica cracked open a secret in her memory, one she will have to fight for and against as it begins to affect her mind. Now she's on everyone's hit list and unsure of her own stability, whom will she trust when her world is crumbling? Zooming from external to internal conflict, Cas struggles with the choices she's made for the rest of the world, knowing that she may have no choice but to do that again. VERDICT Huang's sophomore novel brings us the same tight action, compelling characters, and mathematics magic as Zero Sum Game. Fans of the TV series Jessica Jones will enjoy meeting Cas.—Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton