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Divergent · Book 3

Allegiant

by Veronica Roth

Published
22 October 2013
Pages
516
ISBN-13
9780062287335
Type
novel

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About this book

Allegiant (2013, 516 pages) closes the trilogy by splitting its narration between Tris and Four and pushing the story outward past Chicago's walls, delivering a bleaker, more morally complicated ending that split fandom right down the middle for how far Veronica Roth was willing to go with her characters.

Its place in Divergent

Allegiant is book 3 in the Divergent series. It follows Insurgent. It is followed by Four: A Divergent Collection. See the full Divergent reading order.

In a walled-off, post-war Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each built around a single virtue: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent). At sixteen, every teenager takes an aptitude test and chooses the faction they'll spend the rest of their life in — even if it means leaving their family forever. Tris Prior discovers she doesn't fit neatly into any one faction; she's Divergent, a trait the system considers dangerous…

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