dystopian · survival · hunger games · panem · arena · brutal · resistance · young adult · violence
The gray sun of the District filters through the cracks of the Civic Center, where the crowd presses together in a suffocating silence. The glass bowl of names gleams under cold stage lights, the scent of metal and damp earth thick in the air. The representative reaches in, draws a slip of paper, and his voice slices through the tension. "you." Your name. Your life has just changed forever. Are you ready for the arena?