With beautiful artwork by Freya Betts this paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges
with stencilled artwork. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or
new Hunger Games reader. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Everything you would expect from
Collins is here: fraught teenage love plenty of violence... the themes of friendship
betrayal authority and oppression will please and thrill" The Guardian "It works
beautifully... please don't make us wait another decade" The Times Ambition will fuel him.
Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping
that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol eighteen-year-old
Coriolanus Snow 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 its fate hanging on the slender chance
that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm outwit and outmaneuvre his fellow students to
mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating
assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12 the lowest of the low. Their
fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or
failure triumph or ruin. Inside the arena it will be a fight to the death. Outside the
arena Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute… and must weigh his need to follow the
rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes. Three books four films and one
WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON The Hunger Games changed the face of global YA. All four Hunger
Games books have been made into feature films the first three starring Jennifer Lawence Liam
Hemsworth Josh Hutcherson Stanley Tucci Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland. The
fourth movie of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes released November 2023 and has an
all-star cast including Tom Blyth Rachel Zegler Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage. ABOUT
THE COVERS To celebrate the release of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes feature film Freya
Betts has taken the four iconic logos and added a modern twist. Freya is a UK based
freelance illustrator who focuses on hyper-realistic portraiture mainly in the medium of
digital painting. She has worked predominantly in the film industry - her journey beginning
with an apprenticeship at age 18 art-working film campaigns for Universal and Paramount in
London. Now she finds herself illustrating film posters for Disney and Marvel her work has
appeared everywhere from giant murals in New York to t-shirts in H&M. Clients include: Disney
Netflix Marvel Apple TV Uber Royal Mail The LA Times PRAISE FOR THE FIRST BOOK THE
HUNGER GAMES "I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games is amazing."
Stephenie Meyer author of the Twilight saga "I couldn't stop reading." Stephen King
Entertainment Weekly Praise for Catching Fire "Collins has done that rare thing. She has
written a sequel that improves upon the first book." The New York Times Book Review "
Whereas Katniss kills with finesse Collins writes with raw power." Time magazine
