84K Audiobook

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• “An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece, as harrowing as it is brilliant.”

  — Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author

• “An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, from Riddley Walker to Nineteen Eighty-Four to The Chrysalids, with dashes of The Handmaid’s Tale.”

  — Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author

• “Aa vicious, engrossing portrait of unregulated capitalism carried to its logical conclusion…84K is absorbing and timely; a book to wrestle and argue with but, first and foremost, to read.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “With style and voice and a wicked grip that never lets the three-way plot spiral out of control…Painted in shades of Fahrenheit 451, of Children of Men, Soylent Green and Brave New World."

  — NPR

• “A furious, confrontational book that’s extremely smart…Its energy is infectious, and its ideas are fiercely provocative.”

  — SciFiNow

• “Another captivating novel from one of the most intriguing and genre-bending novelists currently working in the intersection between thriller and science fiction.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “A terrifying setting that feels rooted to the present day…. Imbued with a menace that feels both recognizable and urgent, and the decisions the characters make as a result feel uncomfortably real.”

  — RT Book Reviews

• “A story about the value of one human life…North is an original and even dazzling writer, and fans of her work will enjoy this grim tale of capitalism taken to a terrifying extreme.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece, as harrowing as it is brilliant

  — Emily St. John Mandel, bestselling author of Station Eleven

• An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, with dashes of The Handmaid's Tale.

  — Cory Doctorow

• A terrifying setting that feels rooted to the present day.... Imbued with a menace that feels both recognizable and urgent, and the decisions the characters make as a result feel uncomfortably real.

  — RT Book Reviews

• Another captivating novel from one of the most intriguing and genre-bending novelists currently working in the intersection between thriller and science fiction.

  — Booklist (starred review)

• A furious, confrontational book that's extremely smart... its energy is infectious and its ideas are fiercely provocative.

  — SciFiNow

• Put simply, this book just blew my mind. A remarkable writer, doing extraordinary things, and I think this is her best book yet.

  — Blue Book Balloon

• Claire North goes from strength to strength.... A tense, moving story.

  — Guardian

• The grimy, meticulously constructed and worrisomely believable dystopia Claire North has created for 84k is our world, just a few years down the path.

  — NPR

• One of the most distinct and compelling SF novels of the year thus far.

  — Toronto Star

• A dystopian anthem for the modern activist... a cracking thriller.... Quite simply, North's best book so far.

  — Starburst

• Evocative, thought-provoking... I'll read anything she writes.

  — Omnivoracious

• The truly scary thing about 84K is how convincing this dark, brutal class-divided Britain is.

  — SFX

• Vivid and disturbing.

  — Publishers Weekly

• A fascinating look at the decisions society is taking now.

  — The Bookbag

• Claire North's writing is terrific, smart, and entertaining.

  — Patrick Ness on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

• Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination."—Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls, on The Sudden Appearance of Hope

• Wonderful novel...held together by a compelling mystery involving nothing less than the end of the world itself. Beautifully written and structured...a remarkable book.

  — Booklist (starred review) on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

• A subtle study of friendship, love and the complexity of existence.

  — Eric Brown, Guardian on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

• Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful. North is a writer to watch.

  — Kirkus on The End of the Day

• North is [a] consistently intriguing writer.

  — Locus on The End of the Day