La sexta facción

The Sixth Faction #1

by Veronica Roth, Pilar Ramírez Tello (Translator), Manuel de los Reyes García Campos (Translator)

El fenómeno mundial como nunca lo habías visto.

Adéntrate en una intrépida nueva saga de Divergente de la autora bestseller del New York Times Veronica Roth.

Beatrice Prior está a punto de tomar una decisión a la que todos los habitantes de su mundo deben enfrentarse: cinco facciones. Cinco futuros. Cinco vidas. Su plan: escoger la opción más arriesgada y abandonar Abnegación para unirse a Osadía, aunque eso signifique dejas atrás a su familia. Pero, cuando su Ceremonia de Elección se ve marcada por la tragedia, todo cambia: su mundo, sus planes e incluso ella misma. Y, por ello, Beatrice escoge un camino que la situará en el punto de mira de una rebelión clandestina… y la hará cruzarse con un chico cuyos secretos son tan peligrosos como los suyos. Un chico cuyo único nombre conocido es un número.

Una decisión puede cambiarlo todo.

Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Audiobook

531 pages, Hardcover

First published October 6, 2026

About the author

Veronica Roth is the New York Times best-selling author of Seek the Traitor's Son (coming 5.12.26), When Among Crows, Arch-Conspirator, Poster Girl, Chosen Ones, the Carve the Mark series, and the Divergent series. She lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband and dog.

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Reviews

[Kelcey | felinebooktrovert ✨️]

So is she finally agreeing that Allegiant was unforgiveable and giving us what we deserve??

[Sahil]

alexa play beating heart by ellie goulding

[axenia ౨ৎ]

i know money is tough but girl i was writing the same sh** on ao3 back in 2015 🤣🤣

[꧁ ༺Minne༻ ꧂ (Back :))]

Roth is releasing a series set in an alternate universe WHERE TRIS DOESN'T PICK DAUNTLESS. Again Tris. Does. Not. Pick. Dauntless. This is either going to fix everything or prove that girl was doomed no matter what 😭

[⋆˚୨ৎ˚⋆ Kim ⋆˚୨ৎ˚⋆]

⋆˙⟡ 𝒫𝓇𝑒-𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 (10/6/2026): HAPPY RELEASE DAY! Y’all know the drill at this point…if I see spoilers, you’re getting ✨blocked✨

⋆˙⟡ 𝒫𝓇𝑒-𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 (4/19/2026): Hunger Games movie coming out this year? Check. Justin Bieber performing his old hits? Check. Divergent book coming out this year? CHECK. You know what? Close enough. Welcome back, 2013.

(If you hear screaming that’s 13-year-old me)

[T ✩ Handmaiden Of Amidala]

This sounds stupid. Count me tf in

[phideɭia]

wow, fanfiction by the own author.

[Elizabeth]

New Divergent in the big 2026???

[Giulia ❀]

I can’t wait, I’m SO excited! I really hope this book is gonna be very different from the original series, but at the same time I hope it’s gonna give me the same amazing feelings… just remember to not fucking repeat that mistake you made in Allegiant’s ending Veronica or I’m gonna be really pissed at you girl

[Frank-Intergalactic Bookdragon]

Losing my fucking marbles over this

[Tami]

Very curious to read this, but also a bit scared. Allegiant traumatized me back in the day with that ending… and then the "We Can Be Mended" novella made it worse.

So the real question is: Is she going to kill Tris again?

And am I ready to go through that kind of emotional damage one more time?

I can’t be the only one who remembers the Allegiant Support Group Tumblr: https://allegiantsupportgroup.tumblr....

I swore I would never read another book by Veronica Roth, and I didn’t… but this is Divergent-related, so here I am 💀

Known information:
• This is not a sequel, prequel, or spinoff. It is an alternate-universe version of the original story.
• It explores what would happen if Beatrice “Tris” Prior made a different choice at her Choosing Ceremony after a tragedy.
• It is the first book in a planned duology.
• The society still has five factions: Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, and Candor. The “sixth” usually refers to the Divergent or the Factionless, who exist outside the system.

[fer bañuelos]

Este libro es todo lo que podría pedir.

Estoy todavía procesando como escribir esta reseña, pues jamás en mi vida pensé que estaría hablando de un nuevo libro de Divergente. Spin off, secuela, segunda serie, Universo Alterno, lo que sea. Pensé que la puerta hacia este mundo se había cerrado con Leal, y a diferencia de muchas persona, al menos yo sí estaba satisfecho con eso. Aprendí a adorar la historia con los elementos que no me gustaron, con lo que sentía respecto a ciertos personajes, incluso con el final odiado que al menos a mi me parecía poético.

Entonces, obviamente cuando se anuncia este libro, y se nos platica el concepto, lo primero que pensé es "no lo quiero".

La idea de "reescribir" Divergente me encontró automáticamente en negación, pues creo que no era necesario en lo más mínimo. He seguido de cerca a Veronica Roth desde que empecé a involucrarme en las redes literarias entonces me consta la relación agridulce que tiene con este trabajo, pero me daba miedo que el escribir Divergente partiendo del mismo punto que la serie original pero tomar decisiones distintas de cierta manera estaría eliminando todo lo que la historia significa para mi. Pero puedo decir que ese no es el caso.

La Sexta Facción es un intento exitoso en darle una segunda vida a la historia que ya conocemos de Divergente. Desde un inicio lees a una Veronica Roth mucho más experimentada, más en sintonía con sus palabras y sus habilidades, por lo que el mundo de Chicago explota en tu cabeza de una manera que no habíamos leído antes. Descripciones más detalladas, un world building más exuberante y complejo (que en vez de alejarse de lo que ya conocemos agrándese y profundiza mucho más en el sistema de facciones, la corrupción de estos y el hilo que inevitablemente terminan uniendo a los que no pertenecen a ninguna), y personajes que se sienten como aquellas personas que conocimos hace muchos años pero traen algo distinto en ellos.

Este libro creo que nivela muy bien ambos factores: le da su espacio a los elementos originales de la historia, los honra, reconoce donde es que está el corazón de Divergente y, al mismo tiempo, cambia el juego lo suficiente para que también como lector sientas que esta nueva serie sí tiene un valor nuevo. Fue divertidísimo estar leyendo escenas icónica ahora volteadas, ver los pequeños cambios que brillan por su novedad y por lo bien que quedan dentro del escenario de la historia (Tris y Caleb son gemelos aquí? Likeee eso es buenísimo!), y también fue lindísimo para mi el poder seguir viendo y rocordando el porqué adoro esta historia con mi vida.

Desde un inicio YO me prometí que, pasara lo que pasara, iba a llegar a este libro con la mente abierta, que iba a tener la perspectiva de no permitir que la trilogía original sesgara esta nueva serie y que iba a hacer lo mejor para tenerlas separadas, por el simple hecho de darle una oportunidad justa a este libro. Y déjenme decirles que no fue necesario todo ese rollo; La Sexta Facción, estos nuevos Tris y Cuatro, la nueva rebelión y conflicto y todo dentro de este libro se defiende por si mismo.

Eso, para mi, ya es un éxito inmediato.

Al igual que en el primer libro original llega un momento donde la trama se detiene un poco para darle paso a la cementación del conflicto. Conocemos más de las facciones, de los conflictos internos dentro de estas y también de las relaciones detrás de escena entre los líderes que, poco a poco, se van mostrando más siniestras. Como les dije en un inicio, de verdad que la construcción del mundo aquí es impresionante. Hay tanto Lore nuevo de las facciones que ahora viéndolo en retrospectiva hace que se sienta que siempre estuvo incompleto hasta este momento. Es tan rico en desarrollo, en caracterización, que la idea de las facciones se siente más reforzada que nunca. Sí gracias a esto el libro se vuelve un poquito lento en partes pero es un Happy Problem.

Lo único medio "negativo" que diría de aquí es que para mi el romance se siente un poco menos desarrollado. A ver, ya conocemos a Tris y Cuatro, ya sabemos hacia donde van las cosas, pero justamente debido a las decisiones diferentes que se toman tenemos a dos protagonistas que no estan juntos gracias a la facción, por lo que sus encuentros son más esporádicos y tampoco cuentan con la proximidad que tenían al ser instructor + alumna, y por eso creo que como se va formando la pareja no se me hace con el tiempo y espacio suficiente. La sentí como muy rápido, chance me habría gustado que se esperara al segundo libro, o mínimo con más tiempo entre los dos para sí sentir que están cayendo el uno por el otro.

En fin, estoy inmensamente feliz de que este libro exista, de que me haya encantado, de haberle dado la oportunidad. No puedo esperar a Febrero para tener The Last Testimony y ver hacia donde va todo! Tengo muchas teorias de lo que podría cambiar Veronica Roth y sea lo que decida hacer yo lo voy a recibir con los brazos abiertos.

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK!

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Un nuevo libro de Divergente en el año de nuestro señor 2026... Creo que jamás habíamos estado tan de vuelta.

Tengo mis dudas por el concepto, pero el libro preordenado está, y el 6 de octubre de 2026 a las 12:01AM empiezo este sin falta.

Prepárense para estar HARTOS de mi.

[Lari]

The essence of Four is sleeping with and starting a relationship with his late girlfriend’s best friend. It doesn’t matter what alternate world we’re in. It is what it is.
With an mmc like that, i’m not touching this book even with a ten-foot pole

[trix]

i'm sorry, what on earth is this?? ( ˶°ㅁ°) !!
a new divergent book?
in this economy??

[Anna Nygren]

ARC REVIEW

Veronica, I never doubted you for a second. This addition to the Divergent Universe is exactly what the fans didn't know they needed. In fact, I'd argue that this book provides a deeper understanding of the original trilogy, and confirms what we already know to be true. Between things that stayed the same, things that changed, and things left somewhere in the middle, this was a well written book.

I enjoyed many aspects of this book, though I'll spare you the long list for both time sake and to avoid spoilers. I'm very greateful to have been allowed to read and review this early!

[Jill]

Das hat mir sooo viel mehr Spaß gemacht als ich erwartet hätte! Fand es richtig gut und spannend, wollte die ganze Zeit weiterlesen und wissen ob das was in der ursprünglichen Geschichte passiert hier auch passiert, einfach mega! Der Schreibstil ist sehr simpel und unsere Protagonistin ist 16, ist halt eine YA Dystopie das darf man nicht vergessen. Aber ich hab’s geliebt und freu mich auf Band 2 🤭

[kiki౨ৎ(ia)]

┆♡┆𝙥𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚
OMGGG I am literally freaking out ahhh a new Divergent book!!!!!!! this day has FINALLY come 😭 I loved the series smmm and the ending literally broke me… i am SO ready for this book ahhhh!!!!!!!

[Yonnela Montiel]

I am here for the fan fiction of Divergent written by the same author. Lol. I am glad she loves her book that much I thought she hates it. Who needs Fourth Wing when you have the new Divergent? (Fourth Wing is a bad fan fiction of Divergent) Can't wait to devour this.
Later edit: look at the cover: absolutely gorgeous! P. S I hate the new covers of the original series.

[Larareads]

Thank you to Edelweiss for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

26 BOOKS IN 2026 CHALLENGE: 14/26

Actual rating 3.25 ⭐️

When I first saw that Veronica Roth wanted to publish this I was sooo freaking excited. The Sixth Faction became my most anticipated read for this year so I was disappointed that I actually didn't love this as much as I thought I would.

I absolutely adore Tris in this book, she is funny and fierce and so so loyal to the people she loves. One thing that left me very confused is some of the choices she makes, because the old Tris would have never made them, especially what happened at the end. It left me completely speechless.

There was actually a lot happening and I honestly don't say it as a good thing. There were so many new things, but she also saved some moments from Divergent that I sometimes felt that they just didn't match this book and they were all over the place.

The relationship between Tris and Four actually developed more naturally and I loved it a lot more, but Four and Tris only meet at about 30%, it was a little hard to focus on the story when all I could think about is when they would finally meet.

I loved seeing the new characters that she meets in the new Faction and even though I didn't love this I'm so excited for the second book. Hopefully Roth won't break our hearts again!!!

[Dinija]

Thank you to Harper Collins and Veronica Roth for the proof in exchange for an honest review.

MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD - NOTHING FOR THE STORY THOUGH.

We return to the ruined Chicago in this AU version of Divergent where the premise is - what if Tris didn't choose Dauntless? After an attack during the Choosing ceremony, Tris decides not to join Dauntless, instead she makes a different kind of a choice.

Listen, I love myself a good AU. I think they're a fun way to explore different dynamics and once again meet the characters you love and have missed. And it has been quite a few years since I ventured into the Divergent world (so much so, I've unhauled the books from my shelves). This time, however, we have more than just Tris' POV as we venture into the story, we have two others - Four's and Caleb's.

Honestly, Caleb's POV, with how limited it was, felt useless. We got like 5 chapters of it, and that was it. I think I would have preferred a POV, if it's in such limited quantity, from one of the adult's. Natalie Prior, Janine or even Eric. Make me understand why they believe things they do. Why are they acting this way? Why these choices? Caleb just felt shoehorned in because the last time we had a dual POV from Tris and Four, we all know how that ended...

I also had a major issue with some inconsistencies in the story. During the Choosing ceremony, through a speech, it is established that the archaic beliefs like religion, were shed to create the faction system, and that is one of the reasons it functions. However, constantly on many many occasions, Tris talks about Abnegation's religious ceremonies. How can you have religious ceremonies, if the concept of religion was eradicated? Also, when Tris "swears" with words like "goddamn" etc, she does call it swearing, which would only count that way, if you do believe in a religion and think such words are blasphemous... but religion was shed, as were politics and other systems... so, which is it? It seems like such a small, tiny inconsistency, however, I couldn't help but see it, and it kept bugging me. I'm not saying that swearing the same way we do in our world would be eradicated, but the words would not hold the same kind of meaning, if they don't have the same worldly tether and context.

I think also reading this story at the age of 27, makes me realise how little the set-up of the Divergent world makes sense as a whole, that I could not see when I was a teen, so I was hoping that with certain tweaks and with time having passed since the original trilogy came out, Roth would have found a better way to explain why having only one personality trait and sectioning the city off in that way, was a good idea. But no... you have a whole AU to retcon and shape reasonings, and yet I feel like it was wasted. A book about how Divergent came to be would have been a more interesting read.

Ultimately, AUs are about changing things. It's about making different choices and seeing a different outcome. But this book, unfortunately, isn't that, and left me with a very big, unanswered question - who is this story even for?

Mainly, because not a lot changes compared to the first book. We sort of end up at the same place where we ended up in Divergent with the characters. And if that is the case, then what is the point of this story even existing?

Is this nostalgia-bait? Is this Veronica Roth trying to fix the universally hated ending of Allegiant? Is this a cash-grab because we're getting more of The Hunger Games, and she's seeing dystopia getting back on the top of YA genres?

The Hunger Games is giving us new stories, new things and concepts to think about, reshaping what we thought we knew and shedding new light on the darker corners. It is a series that has something to say.

But this cannot be compared to Hunger Games, because we're meeting all of the same characters at the same starting point, and our perception is not being changed of them. We're not getting a new perspective of what we already knew or thought we did, like we did in Sunrise on the Reaping and Haymitch with his games. In The Sixth Faction, the characters are the same, motivations are the same, and arcs are the same, it's just been given a different packaging with a slightly different ingredient list.

Overall, I am a bit sad, because I am unsure as to why this book has been written. I feel like there really isn't a reason for it to exist, because not much changes with the character and the arcs felt about the same how it did in Divergent. But maybe in the second book of this AU, it will be answered. I will read it once it comes out, because I do wish to see if it leaves me feeling like all of this had a point. Currently though, no. It feels like it doesn't, and I'm very sad to say so.

[Joe]

4.25 stars

When Veronica Roth first announced that she was rewriting Divergent, I was so curious to see how she was going to change this story that is well known and beloved by so many people, myself included. I’m happy to report that what we got was the same world and characters that we love, but with a closer look at what happens when Tris goes to the Choosing Ceremony and makes a different, life-changing choice.

My favorite part about this book was that we got a better understanding of how all of the factions work because we actually got to experience all of them firsthand in a way we didn’t in the original trilogy. It made Tris a more well-rounded character because she wasn’t only experiencing the world through the eyes of Abnegation and Dauntless. There were always certain aspects of the Divergent world that I wanted more clarity and insight into, and I’m so happy Veronica decided to explore these parts of the world more.

The Sixth Faction felt less like a redo and more like a parallel to the original. While Tris, Four, Christina… might not take the same paths as they did in Divergent, you still see their characters shine through, even when they’re thrown into different situations. Tris is trying to find her place in a world that rejects her, and Four is trying to force himself to belong in a place that doesn’t feel like home, no matter how hard he tries.

The chemistry between Tris and Four is still electric, even though the development of their relationship is different. Veronica Roth has this uncanny way of taking these two, placing them in different situations, and still having them get together in an organic way. They feel like star-crossed lovers, two people who will find a way back to each other, no matter what happens.

The last third of the book felt a little rushed and underdeveloped compared to the rest of the story. In many ways, there were benefits to Tris making different decisions this time around, but this led to certain plot lines and characters being sidelined and ultimately hindered the impact when the action kicked in.

Whether you’ve read the original trilogy or have only seen the movies, The Sixth Faction is a must-read and a fun new addition to the Divergent book universe.

Thank you to Epic Reads for gifting me an early copy of this book ahead of its official release.

[Raquel Flockhart]

An alternate-universe version of Divergent wasn’t on my 2026 bingo card, but I’m absolutely about to indulge my early-2010s dystopian nostalgia.

[Val]

Acceptable. Got bored many times.

[Hannah]

I CAN’T PUT INTO WORDS HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS 😭💖 I was such a Divergent girlie in middle/high school and am so ready for this!! This better be good bc the end of Allegiant made me so mad 😭

[Delaney]

This is without a doubt my favorite book of 2026. The way the story flowed so seamlessly and brought back so many memories without feeling repetitive was fantastic. Revisiting a world I loved so much as a teen but now from a different perspective was so much fun. I’m so happy to have read this story, and highly recommend it to anyone who loved the original.

Thank you for a gifted arc

[Julia {Stupid things have good outcomes all the time}]

Maaaadre por diooooos
No me puedo creer que vayana salir más libros de divergenteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
No puedo esperar, pero... si es un universo paralelo donde Tris cambia su eleccion... (segun me han contado) conocerá a Tobias?????? Veronica Roth dime que siiiiiiii
Este año lo tiene todo:
-Nueva peli de Los Juegos del Hambre ✅
-Nuevo album de Olivia Rodrigo ✅
-Nuevo libro de Divergente ✅
-Enola Holmes 3 ✅
¿Qué más se puede pedir?
QUE FELIZ SOOOOOOOY

[emily]

you're telling me veronica roth is essentially releasing divergent alternative universe fanfic in the big 2026??? im seated. harpercollins hq is scared and asking me to leave because it's not october 6th, 2026 yet but im simply too seated.

the concept of fourtris cross-faction love story?????? yeah this is taking it all prepare to be SICK of me

[✧༺𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢́𝔞༻✧]

do i dare say i want to read this? well i hated the original series and had the ending of the third book spoiled... i read it so long ago too, that the only thing i truly remember besides the ending was how much i despised the characters. but FOMO is a thing and i might just end up picking this up one day... (IT BETTER NOT DISAPPOINT ME AGAIN)

[Jenn]

So it's like fan fiction of her own work...

But am I still going to read it? Ha, like it was even a choice. (I have no willpower)

[Anila]

The trauma that I experienced with Allegiant needs to be fixed with this series or I’m gonna crash out again😤🫠