Insurgent (46 page)
Authors: Veronica Roth
Lara Ehrlich, for much writing wisdom. My writer friends—listing all of the people in the writer community who have been kind to me would take multiple pages, but I could not ask for better peers. Alice, Mary Katherine, Mallory, and Danielle—what fantastic friends I have.
Nancy Coffey, for your eyes and your wisdom. Pouya Shahbazian and Steve Younger, my fantastic film team; and Summit Entertainment, Red Wagon, and Evan Daugherty, for wanting to live in this world I made.
My family: My incredible mother-slash-psychologist-slash-cheerleader, Frank Sr., Karl, Ingrid, Frank Jr., Candice, McCall, and Dave. You are incredible people and I am so glad I have you.
Beth and Darby, who have won me more readers than I can possibly count through charm and sheer determination; and Chase-baci and Sha-neni, who took such good care of us in Romania. Also Roger, Trevor, Tyler, Rachel, Fred, Billie, and Granny, for so effortlessly embracing me as one of you.
Multumesc/Köszönöm to Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár, for all the inspiration and the dear friends I left there—but not forever.
“What’s your name?”
“Um…” I don’t know why I hesitate. But
“Beatrice” just doesn’t sound right anymore.
A new place, a new name. I can be remade here.
“Tris,” I say firmly.
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“
DIVERGENT
is a captivating, fascinating book that kept me in constant suspense and was never short on surprises. It will be a long time before I quit thinking about this haunting vision of the future.”
—James Dashner,
New York Times
Bestselling Author of
The Maze Runner
“A taut and shiveringly exciting read! Tris is exactly the sort of unflinching and fierce heroine I love. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”
—Melissa Marr,
New York Times
Bestselling Author of
Wicked Lovely
“Promising author Roth tells the riveting and complex story of a teenage girl forced to choose between her routinized, selfless family and the adventurous, unrestrained future she longs for. A memorable, unpredictable journey from which it is nearly impossible to turn away.”
—Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
“This is one fast-paced read that sticks in your head for days after you put it down, both because of its video-game-like scenes and its thought-provoking premise.”
—Hollywoodcrush.mtv.com
“This gritty, paranoid world is built with careful details and intriguing scope. The plot clips along at an addictive pace, with steady jolts of brutal violence and swoony romance. Fans snared by the ratcheting suspense will be unable to resist speculating on their own factional allegiance. Guaranteed to fly off the shelves.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“With brisk pacing and lavish flights of imagination,
DIVERGENT
clearly has thrills, but it also movingly explores a more common adolescent anxiety—the painful realization that coming into one’s own sometimes means leaving family behind, both ideologically and physically.”
—New York Times Book Review
“I was most definitely hooked by this superb work of fiction. It had everything a dystopian novel needs: a feisty heroine, an unyielding government, love interests, survival in a harsh world, and shocks and twists galore. In short, it was fantastic! Roth maintains a gripping pace throughout the book, with suspense and plot twists around every corner.”
—Guardian.co.uk
“Roth paints her canvas with the same brush as Suzanne Collins. The plot, scenes, and characters are different but the colors are the same and just as rich. Fans of Collins, dystopias, and strong female characters will love this novel.”
—SLJ
DIVERGENT
First published in hardback in the USA by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. in 2012 First published in paperback in Great Britain by HarperCollins
Children’s Books
in 2012
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Insurgent
Copyright © 2012 by Veronica Roth
SOURCE ISBN: 978-0-00-744292-8
EPub Edition © APRIL 2012 ISBN: 978-0-00-747990-0
Veronica Roth asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of the work.
INSURGENT
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