The two peoples are separated by a large expanse of feathergrass, a tall grass that causes hallucinations. The Shotet and Thuvhesit live on the same planet, Urek/Thuvhe, and have a long history of violence, blaming certain historical events on each other. The names of the planets are: Othyr, Kollande, Ogra, Essander, Zold, Pitha, Trella, Tepes and Thuvhe/Urek. This general order is kept by the Assembly, composed of a leader and all Assembly associates who live on a large, travelling spaceship recently, the Assembly's authority has come into question with some suspecting the Assembly of corruption and opposing some beliefs the nations have continued to honor for thousands of years. Each planet has different rules, governments, people, and language, although each planet lives in accordance with general, interplanetary rules each has agreed to.

The characters of Carve the Mark live among nine planets. Its sequel The Fates Divide was released on 10 April 2018. The story follows Akos and Cyra, young people from opposing cultures whose fates are intertwined. It is the fifth novel by Veronica Roth, published on Januby HarperCollins. That paragraph had never made more sense to him than it did right now.Carve the Mark is a science fiction young adult novel. It is perseverance, acceptance of risk, and the unwillingness to surrender. Mettle is bearing up again and again under assaults. It said: The most marked characteristic of the Shotet people is directly translated as “armored,” but outsiders might call it “mettle.” It refers not to courageous acts in difficult situations-though the Shotet certainly hold valor in high regard-but to an inherent quality that cannot be learned or imitated it is in the blood as surely as their revelatory language. He’d had to read it through a translator, because it was written in Shotet, and it had been called Tenets of Shotet Culture and Belief. “Let go.”Īkos couldn’t help but think back to something he’d read in one of the books Cyra had put in his room on the sojourn ship. When she spoke, it was with gritted teeth. “I can hang on as long as you like,” he said.

“What will happen when you let go?” she said quietly.

The shadows looked like smoke, in the air, but they pulled back into Cyra’s body like dozens of strings yanked at once.Ĭyra’s odd smile was gone, and she was staring at their joined hands.

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