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Arianna Carusso lives in District 4, where the sea sets the pace of her days: school, fishing on the boat with her mother, the silent hours spent watching her little brother Nico draw, and evenings on the beach with her best friend, Lucille Odair. A simple and hard life, but safe. At least until, during his last Reaping, when he believed he was finally safe, his name is drawn at the 54th Hunger Games.
Thrown into the arena of a ruined city dominated by a volcano, Arianna discovers that survival is not enough. In the Capitol, her unexpected encounter with Haymitch Abernathy, a mentor from a district that isn't hers, ignites a new awareness in her: the real enemy isn't just the Games, but the system that makes them possible. From that moment on, her goal becomes one: to break the cycle, to prevent further tributes, further sacrifices after her.
Because some stories don't end in death.
Some... rise from the ashes.