Codi James is a chronic underachiever. A straight C student, her life is going nowhere. Causing havoc at yet another school it looks like she's heading for another expulsion, until one teacher decides to call in a favour from an old friend. Codi is sent to the one place where her aggression might do her some good. Joining the underdeveloped Brax-Delta training academy, Codi is set on the long, bruising path to compete as a champion in the Gauntlet Tournament. Thrown together with a team of other misfits and under the tutorage of a frustrated veteran, she has one chance left to prove that she's more than just a struggling orphan. Never underestimate a desperate person. WINNER OF 2014 WATTPAD PRIZE FOR BEST EPIC

~First draft~: 'Because of them, you children have lived in poverty and in a world of pain and grief. Because of them, your parents, older siblings and friends have been slaughtered mercilessly. We have supposedly made peace but it doesn’t erase the past. Do not ever forget that...’ Lily is a cold hearted, manipulative seventeen year old who doesn’t trust anyone but herself. As an orphan she had to look out for her younger brother and herself and she is well aware of how cruel life is. Lies, death, sadness, betrayal... She has enough of it and so in order to cope with life, she decides to think of it as a simple game. She makes mistakes after mistakes without a care in the world. Well almost. Her little games take an interesting twist when the council finally has enough of her reckless behaviour and decides to punish her...