The Spridgeons sisters always understood their status in the Kingdom of Nesryn. Having been born out of wedlock to a harlot, then placed into the care of poverty-stricken bean farmers, the girls are expected to keep their heads down all their lives. But while one sister unashamedly desires the finer things of life; the other stubbornly defends her upbringing on the farm. Though you may think you already know their popular fairytale, read on to discover how Julianna and Jillian Spridgeons face fateful choices to reach the lifestyles they want-as these choices must, by nature, drive them farther and farther apart.

Once upon a time, there was an Evil Queen who consulted her Magic Mirror every day, asking who was the fairest one of all. If the Mirror answered that she was not the one, she would curse those fairer than she. When one day, the Mirror says that the daughter of her husband is the fairest one of all, she attempts to assassinate the princess. As the princess must thrust herself upon the kindness of strangers, the young princess and some other young people of the kingdom discover more and more ugly secrets that the Evil Queen is involved in.

Seventeen-year-old Jemma Arison is this year's Tribute for District One. Unlike most Career Tributes, her motivation is not glory or pride but rather her to escape her troubled home with her siblings. She is willing to go to any lengths to achieve her goal, even betraying her Pack. But what she does not anticipate is the unique and virtually unheard of setting of the Arena-an abandoned mall that stretches for miles. Will she survive this labyrinth and the unseen threats that dwell within?