A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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"A stunning thriller/fantasy/sci-fi chimera like nothing I've read
before." -- Blake Crouch
"A hugely imagined, twisty, turning tale that leads through the
labyrinths of magic and war to the center of the heart." -- Diana
Gabaldon
The masterful first novel for adults from the mega-selling author of
the Divergent franchise
Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a
prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc
across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of
choice--catastrophic events known as Drains--leveled cities and claimed
thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave
everything they had to defeat him.
After the Dark One fell, 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 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.
And this time, fighting back might take more than Sloane has to give.
