T H E W O R L D O F D I V E R G E N T: T H E PAT H TO veronica roth f e at u r i n g a f i r s t l o o k at ALLEGIANT! COMING 1
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THE PATH TO ALLEGIANT Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality of humankind s inclination toward evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world s disarray. Those who blamed aggression formed Amity. Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite. Those who blamed duplicity created Candor. Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation. And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless. Working together, these five factions have lived in peace for many years. Marcus Eaton, DIVERGENT Until now. 3 1 3
FIRST LOOK! NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN QUOTES FROM 5 3
VERONICA ROTH S ALLEGIANT I S TOLD FROM TWO POINTS OF VIEW. CHAPTERS ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE VOICES OF TRIS AND TOBIAS. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH POINT OF VIEW EACH OF THESE QUOTES IS TOLD FROM? 4
TRIS OR TOBIAS? I take a deep breath. I m not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but now that I ve acknowledged it, it s impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. It writhes in my stomach and throat. I need to leave. I need the truth. 7 5
CHAPTER EIGHT, TRIS 6
TRIS OR TOBIAS? I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint. 9 7
CHAPTER NINE, TOBIAS 8
TRIS OR TOBIAS? BARNES & NOBLE EXCLUSIVE Why s he bleeding? Because he s an idiot. Zeke offers me a black jacket with a factionless symbol stitched into the collar. I didn t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose. 11 9
CHAPTER TEN, TOBIAS 10
TRIS OR TOBIAS? I open the door to the fear landscape room and flip open the small black box that was in my back pocket to see the syringes inside. This is the box I have always used, padded around the needles; it is a sign of something sick inside me, or something brave. 11
CHAPTER TEN, TOBIAS 12
TRIS OR TOBIAS? It s stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and all the others that carried me through the city, my city, after I was brave enough to ride them. I brush my fingers over the car wall, just once, and then jump. 13
CHAPTER ELEVEN, TRIS 14
TRIS OR TOBIAS? His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep, for the rest of my life. 15
CH A P TER TWENTY-TWO, TRIS 16
TRIS OR TOBIAS? Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. I wonder if this is how it is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likable as good men. 17
CH A P TER THIRT Y-T WO, TRIS 18
TRIS OR TOBIAS? BARNES & NOBLE EXCLUSIVE Erudite who switch to Dauntless tend to turn cruel and brutal. Candor who switch to Dauntless tend to become boisterous, fight-picking adrenaline junkies. And Abnegation who switch to Dauntless become... I don t know, soldiers, I guess. Revolutionaries. 19
CH A P TER THIRTY-FOUR, TRIS 20
TRIS OR TOBIAS? Most of our time together has been spent running from one threat or another, or running toward one threat or another. But I can see a time on the horizon when that won t need to happen anymore. Maybe then we can find out if we do as well with the quiet moments as we have with the loud ones. 21
CH A P TER FORT Y-THREE, TRIS 22
TRIS OR TOBIAS? For me, it feels like driving from truth into a lie, from adulthood into childhood. I watch the land of pavement and glass and metal turn into an empty field. The snow is falling softly now, and I can faintly see the city s skyline up ahead, the buildings just a shade darker than the clouds. 23
CH A P TER FORTY-FOUR, TOBIAS 24
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