A gut punch of a story. Roth takes everything fragile about love, everything powerful about certain doom, and blooms with it. You'll be holding your breath until the very last word.
-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
Heartbreaking, intimate, inevitable. The worldbuilding tightens around the neck in a way that perfectly matches the noose-tension of the dramatic tragedy.
-Max Gladstone, co-author of This Is How You Lose the Time War
Roth is a masterful conjurer, summoning both classic myth and visceral dystopia to weave a breathtaking tale of love, avarice, and the timeless desire for revenge.
-Ryka Aoki, bestselling author of Light From Uncommon Stars
Roth's powerful retelling of Antigone transforms a bleak classical tragedy into a story of ferocious, bittersweet triumph all set against the backdrop of a ravaged post-apocalyptic future.
-Sunyi Dean, bestselling author of The Book Eaters
An elegant, pressingly relevant Antigone retelling, with a fascinating chorus of viewpoints that both complicates and elucidates its complex themes.
-Shelley Parker-Chan, bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun
Tragic and triumphant in equal measure. Roth is a storyteller who reaches new heights with every tale.
-John Scalzi, bestselling author of The Kaiju Preservation Society
Queen of Dystopia Veronica Roth packs a lot of cool worldbuilding into Arch-Conspirator, offering a fresh take on a classic tragedy. If you're a fan of mythology and schemes, definitely put this one on your list.
-Tor.com
[A] taut, defiant reenvisioning of Sophocles's Antigone.... The plot preserves the shape of the original without ever losing the capacity to surprise and, more importantly, prod reflection and recognition. This powerful tale of reproductive oppression is sure to wow.
-Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
Roth deftly handles extensive world building, character development, and plot. Readers familiar with Sophocles' original story will have an extra dimension of appreciation, but those without that background will still race through the pages to learn Antigone's fate.
-Booklist
Roth deftly handles extensive world building, character development, and plot. Readers familiar with Sophocles' original story will have an extra dimension of appreciation, but those without that background will still race through the pages to learn Antigone's fate.
-Booklist
Praise for Veronica Roth
A memorable, unpredictable journey from which it is nearly impossible to turn away.
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
There's a lot of magic and action to make for a propulsive plot... Roth makes a bold entrance to adult fantasy.
-Kirkus Review, starred review
A stunning thriller/fantasy/sci-fi chimera like nothing I've read before.
-Blake Crouch
A hugely imagined, twisty, turning tale that leads through the labyrinths of magic and war to the center of the heart.
-Diana Gabaldon
This dark, complex novel rocked my heart... You'll never look at fantasy heroes the same way again.
-Charlie Jane Anders