The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The novel "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" is a prequel to the bestselling trilogy "The Hunger Games". The story depicted in the novel takes place 64 years before the main events of the trilogy. During the uprising of the districts, the influential family of 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow has lost almost everything. Coriolanus's only chance to return the family to its former greatness and wealth is a scholarship to study at the University. It will be awarded to the winner of the last school project - mentoring one of the tributes, participants in the Tenth Hunger Games. Snow must win this award at all costs, although she has a slim chance of success. Coriolanus's ward, the charismatic Lucy Grey from District 12, is a master of the shocking, but she does not at all resemble a winner. But the closer they get to know each other, the closer they become. Will young Snow be able to find a balance between true feelings and the thirst for victory, and what will he have to pay for success?