In a fast paced debut novel by Veronica
Roth we meet Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior. In a post-apocalyptic Chicago people are
divided into one of five factions, educating their members to uphold a specific
virtue. At 16 young men and women choose which faction they will join and
remain with for life, Tris goes against her Abnegation upbringing to begin her
initiation into Dauntless. However she must also guard the secret that she is
actually Divergent, with strengths in 3 of the virtues and considered dangerous
by the leaders of society. Most of the novel is devoted to following Tris
through her initiation process of physical combat and simulations that play on
her deepest held fears, however in the closing chapters we see more of how
society is starting to crumble. Tris’s family and a growing relationship with
her instructor all come together as they fight for freedom.
Next in the trilogy is the second book - Insurgent, and a third book due for
release late Oct 2013 with a working title of Divergent 3. As a bonus the author has released Free Four - an ebook of chapter 13
rewritten from the perspective of Tris’s love interest. A book to movie deal
has been struck with release date late 2013.
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