NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of the Matched series comes a world where the ocean’s depths hide a secret city and a young girl dreams of life beyond her underwater home.
“Fresh, wild, and engrossing.”—Shannon Hale, award-winning, bestselling author of Austenland and Dangerous
“A fast-paced fantasy adventure tale in a richly drawn dystopian future.”—School Library Journal
Can you hear Atlantia breathing?
For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But all her plans for the future are thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew her true self—and the powerful siren voice she has long hidden—Rio has nothing left to lose. Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s death, her own destiny, and the complex system constructed to govern the divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths.
Ally Condie is the author of the #1
New York Times bestselling Matched trilogy and co-author of the Darkdeep middle grade series. She is also the author of the novel
Summerlost, an Edgar Award Finalist. A former English teacher, Ally lives with her family outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Ally has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is the founder and director of the nonprofit WriteOut Foundation.
“Utterly captivating. A heroine unlike any I’d met before, a setting I’d never glimpsed, a story I’d never imagined.
Atlantia is fresh, wild, and engrossing. I love Ally Condie.”
—Shannon Hale, award-winning, bestselling author of Austenland and Dangerous“A gorgeous, crumbling underwater world, a murder mystery, a sweet romance, a sinister plot, long-protected secrets . . . they’re all here! But what made us love this new stand-alone from talented Ally Condie? Rio. She’s a strong, brave, self-sacrificing heroine who never gives up.”
—Justine Magazine“Condie brings tremendous depth to her world-building, finding terrific details in a culture created both to help people survive, and to perhaps keep them under control.”
—Salt Lake City Weekly“A fast-paced fantasy adventure tale in a richly drawn dystopian future . . . this is a title that’s sure to be immensely popular with teens."
—School Library Journal“Each mystery leads into another, and Condie keeps readers guessing to the end.”
—Shelf Awareness
