Showing results for "Game On" in Science Fiction

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

Moquette color ruggine, carta da parati art déco, un ascensore di freddo metallo, un concierge che insiste per il check-in. Sembra un hotel, ma la vacanza di Ofelia finisce nell’istante in cui le viene chiesta la data della sua morte. Oggi. Sì, perché Ofelia, diciassette anni, è appena morta. Quasi morta, anzi. Non ricorda come o dove: sa solo che ora la sua vita è appesa a un filo, e che insieme ad altri dodici ragazzi è stata scelta per partecipare al Gioco della Morte. Intrappolata in un hotel di novantanove piani, Ofelia dovrà giocare per la sua vita.

Laz is a side-stepper: a teen with the incredible power to jump his consciousness to alternate versions of himself in parallel worlds. All his life, there was no mistake that a little side-stepping couldn’t fix. Until Laz wakes up one day in a cloning facility on a seemingly abandoned Earth. Laz finds himself surrounded by hundreds of other clones, all dead, and quickly realizes that he too must be a clone of his original self.