In Sola's city, everyone obeys the rules. Stay away from the trigger cameras and regularly update your Debtbook, and you just might survive. But having to watch the way criminals are dealt with-murdered by Demonstrators in the Stadium-is a law Sola tries to avoid. When a charming Demonstrator kisses her at a party, however, she's thrust into the Stadium and forced into the very role she despises. Armed with only natural resourcefulness and a caring nature, Sola narrowly survives her first bout. Her small success means she's whisked off to a training camp, where she discovers a world beyond the trigger cameras and monitoring-a world where falling in love with a killer doesn't seem so terrible. Yet life as a Demonstrator has no peace. Sola must train her way through twenty-five more Demonstrations before she can return home to her father. At the end of each battle, only one survivor remains. Sola could face anyone in the Stadium ... even a loved one.