THE LAST THING SHE WANTED WAS TO GET BACK INTO THE HERO GAME
THE VILLAIN: The Dark Oneโprobably not fun at parties, definitely cool with murderโwas running around North America engulfing whole cities in supernatural chaos and destruction.
THE HEROES: Five Chosen Onesโordinary strangers with nothing in commonโwere recruited by the government because they fit the narrow criteria of a prophecy made by [redacted]. You know the restโฆheroes fought villain, heroes defeated villain, and everything went back to normal.
Only . . . not so much.
Now, it's ten years later, and Sloane Andrews, recovering Chosen One, has discovered that all the fame, gratitude, and parade floats in the world canโt erase what she enduredโwhat she had to doโto take down the Dark One. All she wants now is to be left alone, but that doesnโt seem to be in the cards.
As it turns out, that plan for annihilation set in motion by the Dark One? Itโs not finished yet. Last time, Sloane saved the day with a magical needle and a can-do attitude. This time, sheโs fresh out of both.
โA stunning thriller/fantasy/sci-fi chimera like nothing I've read before.โ โ Blake Crouch
VERONICA ROTH is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection) and the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide). Divergent received the 2011 Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book, Publishers Weeklyโs Best Book of 2011, and was the winner of the YALSA 2012 Teensโ Top Ten. The trilogy has been adapted into a blockbuster movie series starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James. Carve the Mark published in January 2017, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and remained on the list for eighteen weeks. The Fates Divide, the second installment of the Carve the Mark series, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Though she was born in Mount Kisco, New York, Veronicaโs family moved to Hong Kong and Germany before settling in Barrington, Illinois. In elementary school, Veronica read constantly, but it wasnโt until she got a โmake your own book!โ kit from her mother as a gift that she thought to write anything of her own. From that time on, she knew she would write for the rest of her life, whether she was published or not. She wrote the manuscript that would become Divergent in her free time while attending Northwestern University, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2010. She is a board member of YALLFest, the biggest YA book festival in the country, and YALLWEST, its sister festival. She currently lives in Chicago with her husband and their dog, Avi, whose adorable existence is well-documented on Instagram.