During the highly competitive initiation that follows‎,‎ beatrice renames herself tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made‎.‎ Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations‎,‎ some with devastating consequences‎.‎ As initiation transforms them all‎,‎ tris must determine who her friends really are—and where‎,‎ exactly‎,‎ a romance with a sometimes fascinating‎,‎ sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she‎'‎s chosen‎.‎ But tris also has a secret‎,‎ one she‎'‎s kept hidden from everyone because she‎'‎s been warned it can mean death‎.‎ And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society‎,‎ she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves ‎.‎ ‎.‎ ‎.‎ Or it might destroy her