hunger games ff • 𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑖 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 The shadows of the first rebellion are gradually lifting. Year after year, more children die in the cruel Hunger Games. But in the ashes of years past, there is a rebellion that smolders easily like sparks, just waiting for people to finally ignite it. Verity Caree's life ends before her future begins. Just as she was working toward her job as an instructor in her home district, she is selected to participate in the seventeenth Hunger Games. This ends much more than a time of peace for her. For during her time at the Capitol, while preparing for her battle in the arena, she begins to see things that are more shadow than light behind the shimmering facade of the Capitol, which had always seemed to her like a paradise on earth. All of Panem is riddled with violence and darkness, and the only force left to resist it is the rebellion, into which Verity will now be dragged willy-nilly. At least at the beginning. Because the more time she spends with the rebellion, the more she learns what it's like to fight, the stronger the doubts in her become, doubts about her former life and all the things she used to believe in. Was she aware of all the shadows before, and just didn't care? Is it too late to be brave? And can she really make a difference? But one thing is for sure. The world will change. Day by day. And over time, Verity learns that it's not just fire that makes you strong. •