: District 7, the Lumber District, is home to pine trees, axes, and the constant drama of Johanna Mason, one of District 7’s most unusual habitants, and Hunger Games survivor; twice. Gillian Rathbone isn’t the strongest, isn’t the smartest, but she’s fast, and may have to use that when she gets picked for the 99th Annual Hunger Games. Coming from District 7, she has to deal with Johanna as a mentor, and hope for the best, because the odds don’t seem to be in her favor. When you are stuck in a home with a single mom and four siblings, you’ve just left the boy you had a date with and you’re behind in your work, you already have enough to deal with…
Life isn’t giving Gillian a break, but she has to hope that she can pull together enough to make it out of the arena, alive.
As the 55th Hunger Games return for another year, Taslim Moor of District 7 anxiously awaits his fourth reaping. And when - to his horror - his name is drawn out of the reaping bowl, he must accept that he is going to certain death, because Taslim knows something about himself that no one else does.
He will not be able to kill anyone.
No one in the history of the Hunger Games has ever won without killing, so Taslim knows he will not come back alive, but he must at least try. He may not be strong, but he has other skills and a burning desire to stay alive for as long as he can.
Not even the most blood thirsty gamemaker in the Capitol could predict what's in store for this year's tributes. The moment Taslim's name is pulled out of the reaping bowl his dark fate will be set in firm motion.
In the games he will discover who he truly is and the illusion of normality previously cast around him will be shattered as he learns that things are not as they appear to be.
Terrible discoveries await Taslim in the Hunger Games.