"The fact that readers are quickly captivated by Hannig's texts is also due to the strong and authentic characters [...]". - Süddeutsche Zeitung
"'Pantopia' makes you want to change, the book is exciting until the end [...]". - Ruth Petscharnig - BR24
"Like [...] Robinson with [...] 'Ministry for the Future', 'Pantopia' wants us to start thinking about how we can deal with the problems we have". - Lars Schmeink - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
"[It] also shows that Hannig is a brilliant storyteller, making this one of the most important novels of 2022. Absolutely worth reading." - Horst Illmer - phantastisch! Magazine
"‘Theresa Hannig expresses the big picture calmly and confidently: a better world is possible. [A] “cocktail of utopia” that makes you want more. Above all, a desire for change!’ Stefan Selke (author of Wunschland)
Patricia Jung and Henry Shevek actually just wanted to write autonomous trading software that would perform above average on the stock market. But a bug in the code creates the first powerful artificial intelligence on the planet – Einbug.
Einbug quickly realises that in order to survive, he must not only get to know humans better, but also change the world. Together with Patricia and Henry, he therefore founds the world republic of Pantopia. The goal: the abolition of nation states and the universal enforcement of human rights. Who would have thought that they would succeed?
‘Come to Pantopia. Everyone is welcome here!’