Valyria Sovanna has been working for Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the Head Gamemaker herself, for the past year now. Given her perfect grades, impressive intellect, and strong inclination for science and politics, Gaul took Valyria under her wing as an apprentice at the Capitol University. The 10th Annual Hunger Games is where Valyria's story begins. This year, a particular Academy student has caught Dr. Gaul's eye; a boy whose ambition knows no bounds and whose mind is as cunning and twisted as her own, if not more so. Great minds are drawn together despite their differences. Valyria must make a difficult choice: where do her loyalties lie? To her teacher? To her country? Or to the only person that has ever made her see things for what they truly are?