From dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected.
Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end.
Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but Antigone's parents were murdered, leaving her father's throne vacant. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. 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.
But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he.
My Review:
Oh man, this was such a fantastic read! I love Veronica Roth's writing, and this sci fi retelling of Antigone, it sounded so fantastic! I'm not familiar with the original, but this story sucked me in right away and I couldn't put it down!
First off, I have to say, this world is incredibly awful. That humanity only seems to survive in this one city, that there's that much radiation everywhere else, that their attempts to keep humanity surviving have basically made women into living wombs, not to be risked for anything else...it was horrible.
Kreon orchestrated the events that led to Antigone's parents being killed. And then the family had to live with him, as a symbol, a show of power. The fact that then things started going down in this book, it was like, could they ever win against him? Would he ever get his comeuppance? Bah!
We were in a number of heads, considering how this is a novella. I enjoyed seeing these various perspectives, showing that maybe things weren't as clear cut as they seemed. But the one of Kreon was so very aggravating!
This was a really fantastic story, and I can't wait to read more by Veronica Roth!
Author: Veronica Roth
Read: December 15th, 2022
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it's a SAC 2022 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Tor Books
Expected Publication: February 21st 2023
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