Born to Die

In District 10, survival is learned young and grief comes in repetition. Vesper Hale understands this better than most, she learned it the day her brother was sent into the 65th Hunger Games and never returned. Years later, when her younger sister is reaped into the arena that once made her a Victor at fourteen, Vesper is forced back into the Capitol's world of controlled death and manufactured hope.
Cold, observant, and unwilling to break the way the Capitol expects, Vesper navigates a life built on loss, silence, and survival. But when her path collides with other Victors, including the volatile Johanna Mason, she begins to realize that winning the Games was never the end of the story. It was only the beginning of what it costs to keep living after them.
In a world where stars don't shine the same for everyone, Vesper learns that some people are not made to be saved, only remembered.