Long before The Hunger Games there was the Galax-Arena, where children kidnapped from slums are pitted against each other for the benefit of a shadowy audience that feeds on their fear. A dark, uncompromising thriller and a young adult cult classic.

Gillian Rubinstein is an internationally bestselling, award-winning writer. Her much loved books for children and young adults include the Space Demons trilogy and the Galax-Arena duology, both of which are also part of the Untapped Collection. As Lian Hearn, she wrote of the internationally bestselling Otori series. Galax-Arena was first published in 1995. For more information visit gillianrubinstein.com.