Prologue: The Sound of the Sea

Crowned as the Capitol's Siren and Daughter of the Waves, Cordelia Odair rose from the 66th Hunger Games bathed in beauty and praise. They sang her name as if she were a dream. A beauty born of District 4's waters, a star carved by victory. But beyond the glint of pearls and smiles, there lived only hunger in her heart. Hunger that tasted of salt, sorrow, and revenge.