Chosen Ones: The New York Times bestselling adult fantasy debut - Hardcover

Roth, Veronica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1529330238 ISBN 13: 9781529330236

Publisher: Hodderscape, 2020

Synopsis

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling adult debut from Veronica Roth, author of Divergent

They were the Chosen Ones. Saving the world made them heroes. Saving it again might destroy them.

When Sloane Andrews and her friends defeated the Dark One, and saved the world, it nearly cost them everything. Ten years later, they are still struggling to put the battle behind them and reclaim their lives. After all, the rest of the world has moved on . . . so why can't they?

Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting. Everyone else blames the PTSD ­­- and her huge attitude problem - but really, she's hiding secrets from them . . . secrets that keep her tied to the past and alienate her from the only four people in the world who understand her.

On the tenth anniversary of the Dark One's defeat, something unthinkable happens: one of the Chosen Ones dies. When the others gather for the funeral, they discover the Dark One's ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government, or even prophecy could have foretold - bigger than the world itself.

Last time, it took everything she had. This time, it might not be enough.

***

'I can't remember the last time I was so engrossed' Stephanie Garber, bestselling author of the Caraval series

'This dark, complex novel rocked my heart . . . You'll never look at fantasy heroes the same way again' Charlie Jane Anders, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of All the Birds in the Sky

'A virtuoso performance' Blake Crouch, bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion

About this title

About the Author

Veronica Roth is the New York Times best-selling author of Chosen Ones, the short story collection The End and Other Beginnings, the Divergent series, and the Carve the Mark duology. She is also the guest editor of the most recent The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

From the Back Cover

SAVING THE WORLD ONCE MADE THEM HEROES.


SAVING IT AGAIN MIGHT DESTROY THEM.

From the Inside Flap

Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down The Dark One, an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. The Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him.


After his defeat, the world went back to normal . . . for everyone but them. After all, what do you do when you're the most famous people on Earth, your only education was in magical destruction, and your purpose in life is now fulfilled?


Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting. Everyone else blames the PTSD - and her huge attitude problem - but really, she's hiding secrets from everyone . . . secrets that keep her tied to the past and alienate her from the only four people in the world who understand her.


On the tenth anniversary of the Dark One's defeat, something unthinkable happens: one of the Chosen Ones dies. When the others gather for the funeral, they discover the Dark One's ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government, or even prophecy could have foretold - bigger than the world itself.


And this time, fighting back might take more than Sloane has to give.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodderscape
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529330238
• ISBN 13: 9781529330236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432