Globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth delivers a breathtaking fantasy featuring an unusual friendship, an epic love story, and a galaxy-sweeping adventure. #1 New York Times bestseller Wall Street Journal bestseller Usa Today bestseller #1 Indie Bound bestseller Praise for Carve the Mark- ""Roth skillfully weaves the careful world-building and intricate web of characters that distinguished Divergent""-Voya (starred review). ""Roth offers a richly imagined, often brutal world of political intrigue and adventure, with a slow-burning romance at its core""-Ala BooklistCyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth have grown up in enemy countries locked in a long-standing fight for dominance over their shared planet. When Akos and his brother are kidnapped by the ruling Noavek family, Akos is forced to serve Cyra, the sister of a dictator who governs with violence and fear. Cyra is known for her deadly power of transferring extraordinary pain unto others with simple touch, and her tyrant brother uses her as a weapon against those who challenge him. But as Akos fights for his own survival, he recognizes that Cyra is also fighting for hers, and that her true gift-resilience-might be what saves them both. When Akos and Cyra are caught in the middle of a raging rebellion, everything they've been led to believe.