{"id":235333,"date":"2026-04-18T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/divergent-author-veronica-roth-announces-2-new-books-in-series-based-in-alternate-timeline-details\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:42:20","slug":"divergent-author-veronica-roth-announces-2-new-books-in-series-based-in-alternate-timeline-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/divergent-author-veronica-roth-announces-2-new-books-in-series-based-in-alternate-timeline-details\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Divergent\u2019 Author Veronica Roth Announces 2 New Books in Series Based in Alternate Timeline: Details"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Veronica Roth<\/strong> is expanding her Divergent<\/em> universe.<\/p>\n

Roth, 37, announced during BookCon on Saturday, April 18, that two new installments in the dystopian series are on their way. The stories will be set in a companion timeline to Divergent and will serve as a duology that asks the question, \u201cWhat if Tris hadn\u2019t transferred to Dauntless?\u201d<\/p>\n

The first novel, titled The Sixth Faction<\/em>, will hit shelves on October 6.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sixth Faction<\/em> started as an experiment \u2014 not a sequel, not a prequel, and not a spinoff, but something new, something that would allow me to explore the series that launched my career,\u201d Roth shared in a Saturday press release. \u201cI feel very fortunate that the team at Harper was eager to meet that challenge with me \u2014 and I\u2019m excited that, in the year of Divergent\u2019s 15-year anniversary, readers and I both get to rediscover the story and the characters like they\u2019re brand new.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Readers will be reintroduced to Divergent<\/em> protagonist Beatrice Prior in The Sixth Faction<\/em>, rewinding the story to the beginning, where she must decide to choose her faction after being labeled as a Divergent \u2014 someone who holds traits of multiple factions.<\/p>\n

While Tris famously chooses Dauntless in the original story, this time, tragedy will strike at her Choosing Ceremony and everything will change \u2014 \u201cher world, her plans, even Beatrice herself,\u201d the logline reads. \u201cHer ensuing decision thrusts her into the crosshairs of an underground rebellion, and into the path of a boy with secrets as dangerous as her own \u2014 a boy with only a number for a name.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vice President and publisher at HarperCollins Children\u2019s Books Erica Sussman<\/strong> shared her support for the series in a statement on Saturday, sharing, \u201cThe Sixth Faction<\/em> is a tour de force. We were thrilled to explore this new take on the Divergent<\/em> world with Veronica, who has taken her storytelling talents to new heights that will thrill longtime fans of the series and delight readers new to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Divergent<\/em> series was previously adapted for the big screen. The trilogy \u2014 Divergent<\/em> (2014), Insurgent<\/em> (2015) and Allegiant<\/em> (2016) \u2014 starred Shailene Woodley<\/strong> as Tris and Theo James<\/strong> as her love interest, Four. A fourth film, titled Ascendant<\/em>, was meant to conclude the series but was abandoned after the third film\u2019s low box office sales.<\/p>\n

There has been no news on whether the new duology will be adapted.<\/p>\n

The Sixth Faction<\/em> will be available on October 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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