DEATH IS CENTRIFUGAL.

SOLAR AND LOGICAL.

DECADENT AND SYMMETRICAL.

ANGELS ARE MATHEMATICAL.

ANGELS ARE BESTIAL.

MAN IS THE ANIMAL.

MAN IS THE ANIMAL.

THRONE

my childhood spat back out
the monster that you see.

DISTRICT 2. Home to a proud collection of victors of the Hunger Games—the Capitol's favourites. Home to children weaned on bloodlust and bred for violence, fanning the flames of an inborn warrior spirit.

In a world where kids compete to survive in a bloody deathmatch, Iko Moriyama wants one thing and one thing only. To win the 68th annual Hunger Games, be proclaimed a victor, and live out the rest of her glory days in peace and quiet with wealth beyond her dreams.

As a Career tribute, her entire life has been geared towards preparing for the Games. Everything she has worked, trained, and bled for since she could walk comes down to this. Countless hours spent watching and replicating and perfecting combat techniques, sparring with the others, perfecting her hand at every weapon she can manage and none of it will go to waste. Everybody's expecting her to volunteer for the Reaping if she isn't chosen; but if she is, nobody would dare to contend with fate's decision. It's written in stone. District Two will have a winner this year. And it's going to be her.

Twenty-four tributes and only one will make it home. No room for weakness, no room for humanity. And Iko is heading straight for the throne.

          But the only obstacle in her way seems to be the common conflict of interest—head or heart? Win the games and let her best friend and fellow district partner, Alex Ivanovich, die, or lose everything?

THE 68TH ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES

             "The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins."

— Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

DISTRICT 2  |  MASONRY

               ❛ After the Dark Days, District Two—the primary industry of masonry—had become the Capitol's main source of weapons production after the fall of District Thirteen. The Capitol favours them for their virtually impregnable military base and powerful force.

               Children from District Two are raised with a warrior mindset in preparation for becoming Peacekeepers, though this mentality also serves them well in the Hunger Games. They are typically Career tributes, some of whom volunteer to participate, as winning is a great honour in Career Districts. As with all Career Districts, tributes from District Two are trained for the Games at special academies until they reach the age of 18. They tend to be strong and well-prepared, like the Careers from Districts One and Four, but have an additional level of brutal discipline. ❜

THE TRIBUTES

IKO MORIYAMA
DISTRICT 2

ALEXANDRE IVANOVICH
DISTRICT 2

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AUTHOR'S NOTE.

SET SIX YEARS BEFORE THE
EVENTS OF THE HUNGER GAMES.

based on the books.

SOUNDTRACK:
EVERY MONSTROUS THING.

BOOK ONE OF THE
'CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS' SERIES