NEW YORK — Veronica Roth fans can start the countdown.
The “Divergent” author is set to write a new two-book series, HarperCollins Children’s Books told The Associated Press on Monday. The books currently are untitled, with the first one expected in 2017 and the next in 2018.
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Roth and her publisher offered few specifics, beyond saying the series is in “the vein of ‘Star Wars”‘ and will tell of a boy’s “unlikely alliance” with an enemy.
“Both desperate to escape their oppressive lives, they help each other attain what they most desire: for one, redemption, and the other, revenge,” the publisher announced.
In a recent email to the AP, Roth wrote that “The idea started with a character. All the other elements – setting, world, even a substantial portion of the plot – came after.” She added that she was still in the early stages of writing.
“That’s why I’m being so vague,” she explained.
“Divergent,” a Dystopian trilogy Roth completed in 2013, has sold more than 30 million copies and along with Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” and John Green’s books helped perpetuate the strong growth of young adult novels. The first “Divergent” movie, starring Shailene Woodley as teen heroine Tris Prior, came out a year ago. Three more movies are planned, starting with the March 20 release of “Insurgent.”
A Chicago resident, the 26-year-old Roth was still in college when she began “Divergent,” writing it in her jammies while on winter break from Northwestern University.
“I think I’d have to be a robot not to occasionally worry about expectations!” she wrote to the AP. “But mostly I try to trust my instincts. It helps that I’m really in love with this project – that makes it a joy to work on.”
— From news service reports
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