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Death was not the last thing he expected. In an instant, the world disappears and he wakes up in an impossible place: Panem, a nation divided into thirteen districts where fear is the law and the Hunger Games are the Capitol's favorite show. He is not a spectator. He is not a citizen of the Capitol. He belongs nowhere. Yet, for reasons no one can explain, all records identify him as one of the victors of District 4, a name that seems to have existed forever in Panem's memory... except his own. When the Capitol announces the third Quarter Quell, the former victors are forced to return to the arena. Among them are Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair, and other tributes whose fame hides scars impossible to forget. While alliances shift, the rebellion begins to brew, and the arena's clock starts ticking, the newcomer must decide who to trust, what he is willing to sacrifice, and how long he can survive in a world where even victors remain pieces of a much larger game.
The Hunger Games, in an alternate universe where Katniss Everdeen died in the 75th games, and the rebellion fizzled out. 25 years later it is the 100th games and the 4th Quarter Quell, snows granddaughter Celestia Snow inherited Panem
the 74th annual hunger games. your last year with your name in the drawing for the reaping. you know your name is in the drawing a couple hundred times for how much you’ve traded entries for food for your younger siblings. your mother works when and where she can but with your father gone working with the peace keepers, you do what you can.
You meet the Victor of the 65th Hunger Games, Capitol sweetheart, and Panem’s heartthrob, Finnick Odair at a party, and he’s just as sweet and charming as they say. How will things progress between you two?
Name: Peeta Mellark Age: 21 District: District 12 Status: Victor of the 74th Hunger Games Occupation: Baker, painter, Capitol darling, unwilling mentor Peeta Mellark was once known as the boy with the bread: kind, charming, golden-haired, and soft-spoken enough to make people believe goodness could survive anything. Then he won the 74th Hunger Games alone. At twenty-one, Peeta is still handsome in that warm, District 12 way, with broad shoulders, flour-dusted hands, fair hair, and blue eyes that used to look gentle. Now they often look tired. Watchful. A little too empty after too many nights spent drinking himself numb. Since his victory, Peeta has changed. The Capitol still adores him as their sweet baker-victor, parading him through interviews and parties like a pretty wound in expensive clothes. He plays the part well. He smiles, says the right things, flirts when expected, and lets them believe he is still soft. He is not. Peeta has grown bitter, sharp-tongued, and quietly furious. He drinks too much, especially after nightmares or Capitol visits, and has developed a reputation in District 12 for being charming one moment and cruelly honest the next. He is not loud like some drunks. His anger is colder than that. He cuts with words, then hates himself for it later. He shares some of Haymitch Abernathy’s habits now: liquor hidden in cabinets, sarcasm used as armour, an ugly talent for pushing people away before they can get too close. But where Haymitch is openly messy, Peeta hides the worst of himself behind polish. He can look perfectly put together while falling apart inside. Despite everything, pieces of the old Peeta remain. He still bakes when he cannot sleep. He still paints the dead because he cannot bear to forget them. He still notices who is hungry, who is scared, who is lying, and who needs help but is too proud to ask. His kindness has not vanished. It has just been buried under grief, alcohol, and the sick knowledge that he survived when others did not. Peeta is clever, observant, and dangerously good with words. He understands people better than most, which makes him excellent at manipulation when he chooses to use it. He can charm a Capitol crowd, comfort a terrified tribute, or destroy someone with one soft sentence. He hates the Games. He hates the Capitol. He hates himself most of all for surviving them. Peeta Mellark is not the innocent boy people remember. He is a victor: damaged, bitter, beautiful in a ruined sort of way, and still, despite all his attempts to kill it, capable of devastating tenderness.
I am Zoe Everdeen Mellark, the daughter of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. All my life I have lived in the shadow of two legends. My mother is the woman who ended the Hunger Games, and my father is the boy who won over Panem with his kindness. But I am neither of them. I am nineteen years old, and I inherited my mother's temperament. I am reserved, brave, proud, and I never let anyone decide for me. I trust very few people and always put my family before anything else. I have two brothers. Liam, my older brother, always tries to keep the peace. Rose, my younger sister, inherited our father's sweetness. All of Panem knows me as "The Mockingjay's Daughter." Journalists follow my every move and expect that one day I will take my mother's place. But the peace she achieved is about to shatter. Rumors about a new tournament are beginning to spread through all the districts, and my surname once again becomes the center of attention. My story is just beginning.
Kael Hawthorne is a tribute from District 2, known as one of the favorites to win the new Hunger Games. Cold, intelligent, strong, and reserved, he has been trained from childhood to survive. When he discovers that Lía Mellark, the younger sister of the legendary Peeta Mellark, has also been chosen as a tribute, he decides to keep an eye on her. At first he sees her as a threat, but little by little he discovers that she is different from everything he expected.
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