title: Regress (The Alliance Chronicles) (Volume 1)
author:  SF Benson 
description: SF Benson, a native of Michigan, resides in Georgia with her husband, a human daughter, and a couple of miniature fur kids (two female short-haired guinea pigs). At one time she wrangled a household which included three Samoyeds, saltwater fish, a hamster, and three guinea pigs. When shes not busy playing Doctor Doolittle, she enjoys answering the question what if by writing mostly Dystopian/science fiction and paranormal stories for young adults and new adults. And if a spare moment happens, she morphs into a bookworm and devours a few books simultaneously.
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  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  [Free Four: An Introduction](Introduction.html)
  
  
  [Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story](Story.html)
  
  
  [Excerpt from _Divergent_](Part01.html)
  
  
  [Chapter One](Part01Chapter01.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](Part01Chapter02.html)
  
  
  [Excerpt from _Insurgent_](Part02.html)
  
  
  [Chapter One](Part02Chapter01.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](Part02Chapter02.html)
  
  
  [Excerpt from _Four_](Part03.html)
  
  
  [Four: The Transfer](Part03Chapter01.html)
  
  
  [About the Author](Abouttheauthor.html)
  
  
  [Back Ads](BackAds.html)
  
  
  [Books by Veronica Roth](Books_by.html)
  
  
  [Copyright](Copyright.html)
  
  
  [About the Publisher](Aboutthepublisher.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [FREE FOUR: AN INTRODUCTION](Contents.html#rfrontmatter01)
  
  
  As part of the lead-up to _Insurgent_ ’s publication, I agreed to retell a
  scene from _Divergent_ from a different point of view: Four’s. Part of what
  makes Four interesting as a character, t