'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 You’ll be holding your breath until the very last word.”-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six Roth takes everything fragile about love, everything powerful about certain doom, and blooms with it. “ Arch-Conspirator is a gut punch of a story. “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 StarsĪ Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest.īut her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but with her militant uncle Kreon rising to claim her father's vacant throne, all Antigone feels is rage. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end.Īntigone’s parents – Oedipus and Jocasta – are dead. Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. In this gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Antigone, #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected. “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.'Stunningly performed by narrators Dion Graham and January LaVoy.together, they capture the propulsive motion and ominous atmosphere of this compelling story.'- AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)

Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but with her militant uncle Kreon rising to claim her father’s vacant throne, all Antigone feels is rage. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end.Īntigone’s parents-Oedipus and Jocasta-are dead.

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