The tie-in edition to the star-studded blockbustermovie. "Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenagelove; plenty of violence... the themes of friendship, betrayal,authority and oppression will please and thrill" The Guardian "It works beautifully... please don'tmake us wait another decade" The Times Ambition will fuel him.Competitionwill drive him.But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenthannual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old CoriolanusSnow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, itsfate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be ableto outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentorthe winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignmentof mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowestof the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - everychoice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumphor ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outsidethe arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute...and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desireto survive no matter what it takes. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set to be the biggestmovie of 2023. Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon,the original Hunger Games trilogy changed the face of global YA. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was a global number one hitin hardback.