Insurgent (novel)

Insurgent

Cover of first edition
Author	Veronica Roth
Cover artist	Joel Tippie
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Divergent trilogy
Genre	Science fiction, dystopia, romance, young adult fiction
Publisher	Katherine Tegen Books
Publication date	May 1, 2012
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	525 pp (first ed.) 568 pp (collector's ed.)
ISBN	(first) (coll.)
OCLC	794210765
LC Class	PZ7.R7375 Ins 2012; PZ7.R7375 Ins 2012b
Preceded by	Divergent
Followed by	Allegiant

Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth and the second book in the Divergent trilogy. As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. While trying to save the people that she loves, Tris faces questions of grief, forgiveness, identity, loyalty, politics, and love.

The book was first published on May 1, 2012 by the HarperCollins imprints Katherine Tegen Books in the U.S. and HarperCollins Children's Books in the UK, and a "Collector's Edition" was published on October 30 in the United States. Insurgent received mostly positive reviews from critics, with reviewers praising Roth's writing.

A film adaptation of the novel was released on March 20, 2015.

The background to the story, revealed in the first novel of the trilogy, explains how Chicago in the post-apocalyptic far future is now a society that defines its citizens by strict conformity to their social and personality-related affiliation with five different factions, which removes the threat of anyone exercising independent will and re-threatening the population's safety through war or some other human-created catastrophe. The factions are Abnegation for the selfless, Amity for the peaceful, Candor for the honest, Dauntless for the brave, and Erudite for the intelligent. Those who are tested with equal aptitude for more than one faction are deemed "Divergent". Due to their capability for independent thought beyond the restrictive nature of the factions, Divergents are considered threats to the society, hunted and killed by the ruthless leader of Erudite in order to eliminate the "threat" of independent thinking. Those who fail the initiation of their particular faction are deemed factionless, a drain on society.