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Abstract: It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined, every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute, and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

Abstract: Dans un monde post-apocalyptique – non loin de la ville de Fontainebleau (!) - Aster survit en marge de la cité agricole de Pan, avec l'aide de son ami Wallis. L'équilibre fragile de la communauté bascule à l'arrivée d'un émissaire de la puissante république militaire de Fortuna, qui exige le rattachement de Pan à Fortuna ainsi qu'un tribut de nourriture sous peine d'envahir leur cité par la force. Dos au mur, les habitants de Pan s'en remettent à la mystérieuse Mécanique Céleste pour arbitrer leur destin... Leur surprise sera de taille lorsqu'ils découvriront que l'avenir de leur cité va se jouer à... la balle au prisonnier !