She won the Twenty-First Hunger Games without taking a single life but survival was never the end of the story. Trapped in the Capitol under the guise of protection, the bloodless victor is transformed into a symbol meant to sell hope, obedience, and spectacle. As President Philza scripts her future and his son, Technoblade, becomes an inescapable presence, she learns that some cages are made of silk and glass and escaping them may cost more than the arena ever did.