Sixteen year old Haymitch Abernathy, of District 12, has just won the Second Quarter Quell beating all odds. And as he enters his new life as Panem's victor, he imagines his post-games life as peacefully simple. But he soon realizes the games never end as the government tightens their hold on him and violently stripped away everything he holds dear. Being the tribute is easy, being the victor is harder than you can imagine.