The Harvest of Silence

In District 9, survival isn't just about the Hunger Games.
It starts long before your name is ever called.

Barley Haywood was never meant to be a coward.

Born on a storm that nearly killed his mother, he grew up protected, sheltered... and loved too fiercely for his own good.

Mazie Haywood was never meant to be broken.

Strong, fearless, and always the one who stood in front of danger, she spent her life protecting the people she loved-especially her brother.

Otis Wheatley learned something different.
Not how to be protected.
But how to stand.

And Jessa Brewster?
She learned how to survive quietly... and watch everything.

But in Panem, love doesn't save you.
Promises don't protect you.
And when the reaping comes...

Not everyone becomes who they swore they would be.

This is the story of four friends.
Of a promise made in the quiet of a summer evening.
Of a moment of silence that changed everything.

And of the price District 9 pays...
when no one steps forward.