The story is set in a dystopian future although it took me awhile to figure that out. I love reading retellings from lesser known stories, there are so many from all the ‘popular’ fairytales and I think we use more from other stories. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to my expectations.Īrch-Conspirator is an Antigone retelling, my sorority was called Antigone so I’m familiar with her story although I wasn’t sure about all the details anymore. This novella is published by Tor Books so I had high hopes. I love novella’s and have read a lot published by Tordotcom. Arch-Conspirator by Veronica RothĪs I said, this is a novella and has only 112 pages. 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. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but Antigone’s parents were murdered, leaving her father’s throne vacant. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected. This is a novella so that seemed like a fast read, but was it also an enjoyable one? Let’s take a look!įrom dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. Somehow I haven’t read anything by Veronica Roth since Divergent, even though I have another eARC still haha. She lives in Chicago.I got the eARC for Arch-Conspirator earlier this year and was pretty excited. Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, the Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, Chosen Ones, and many short stories and essays.

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. 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. New York, NY: Tor Books (February 21, 2023)

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