Anton Berg

ANTON BERG (1978) is an award-winning journalist, producer and writer. He stands as one of the creators behind Spår, one of Sweden’s most popular investigative true-crime podcasts. In addition to this, Berg was also one of the investigative journalists and producers of HBO’s Pray, Obey, Kill, a documentary series revolving around the deadly Knutby sect. The series was released in 21 countries and immediately garnered widespread critical acclaim.

In 2018, Anton Berg marked his literary debut with The Eighteen, the inaugural chapter of his bestselling trilogy. Following the success of its predecessor, The Oath of Allegiance hit the shelves in 2021, followed by the eagerly anticipated third installment, The Last Act, released in April 2023. The Eighteen Trilogy, an intricately woven tapestry of historical and political events spanning centuries of Swedish history, has been sold to multiple territories.

Berg’s latest novel, Blood Brothers, is a tender coming-of-age story of what it is like to take your first steps into adulthood in a small community. At the same time, it’s a fast-paced suspense novel about a crime and the relationships put at risk when life-altering decisions are made. Here, Anton Berg masterfully captures the intensity of adolescence, while constantly prompting readers to question: are there really any truths, or are they just fragments of our own perceptions? Blood Brothers was published by Romanus & Selling on October 1st, 2025.

Reviews

“This is a very well-written story where the narrative technique makes the story move in a captivating rhythm, with several impressive details and a really clever twist at the end.”
– Kapprakt (SE)

“Anton Berg’s Blood Brothers is an enthralling novel about teenage friendship, a dark story about guilt and betrayal, a thrilling page-turner in the archipelago of the Småland region. […] Blood Brothers spans from 1995 to the present day. From the youthful friendship, over to a love that is difficult to handle, and then with great drama to the present day’s guilt and shame. And that’s when it hits: the suspense. That, which makes it impossible to stop reading, even in the middle of the night. That’s when the emotional novel about these teenage boys becomes a real page-turner. […] The result is both gripping and thrilling.”
– Barometern (SE)

“Blood Brothers is an intense and skillfully written novel about friendship and betrayal.”
– BTJ (SE)

“Blood Brothers is a very skillfully told story. […] Fantastic reading!”
– DAST Magasin (SE)

“Anton Berg’s Blood Brothers is an unusually clever suspense novel, but also a melancholic story about growing up. […] With time, an impressive (and not at all gory) mystery appears, unusually skillfully crafted. […] There are quite a few similarities [between Berg and Nesser], but Anton Berg has created his own story in his own tone. It’s reminiscent of Stephen King, who also spends such a long time portraying the main characters, that one forgets that something terrible is about to happen. When it does happen, you’ve had time to really get attached to the characters. […] Anton Berg has crammed Blood Brothers full, but it never feels overloaded or blatantly obvious. On the contrary, it’s a wistful, beautiful story about mankind’s misguided intentions and deeply human insights. And suspenseful, of course. After the final pages, it takes a while to recover.”
– Lotta Olsson (SE)

“The book breathes Stieg Larsson’s Millennium-trilogy and has the same momentum . […] A genuine page-turner”
– Dagens Industri (SE)

“The Eighteen is perfect for the reader who enjoys conspiracy theories, substantial research and books that demand a focus and interest in modern history, bewildering affairs and revelations that could appear to be true or the very least very believable.”
– BTJ (SE)