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.