Divergent

　　近未來，人類再次經歷血腥戰亂。為了重整秩序，眾人制訂了五個派別：

　　無畏派崇尚勇敢，他們矢志成為保衛社會的力量；博學派認為學問是一切的根本，因此不斷追求新知；直言派厭惡迂迴隱瞞，視謊言為戰爭的導火線；克己派相信，人若無私，世上將不再有紛爭；友好派愛好和平，總是盡全力避免一切衝突。這五個派別各司其職，相處融洽，共同維持著這個社會的平和。

　　而在十七歲時，每個人都必須接受傾向測驗，了解自己適合哪個派別。但測驗結果並非絕對，只有在擇派儀式上由自己親手做出的選擇，才能決定自己的未來。

　　在滿十七歲的那天，碧翠絲長久以來的疑惑終於被解開：她不屬於任何一派。她是一名分歧者。這三個字代表不被定義、不被操控，更是動亂與革命的代名詞。為了生存，碧翠絲知道，自己的真實身分絕不能被揭穿。於是，她做出了選擇，一個令她的家人和她自己都驚訝的選擇……

　　In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

　　During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

　　Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the YA scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

　　★本書中譯版《分歧者》由高寶出版。

作者簡介

薇若妮卡．羅斯〈Veronica Roth〉

　　紐約時報暢銷小說《分歧者》作者。她在書寫三部曲的第一本時，還是個大學生。現在則是全職作家，目前與丈夫居住在芝加哥。

　　Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, the first book in a trilogy that she began writing while still a college student. Now a full-time writer, Ms. Roth and her husband call the Chicago area home.