~ Trade Paperback, Movie Tie-In Cover
~ New Release - 2020
Ambition serves to fuel him, competition drives him ever forward, but power always comes with a price . . .
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes delivers a mesmerizing look into the life of Coriolanus Snow and the root causes of his villainous behavior as Suzanne Collins once again proves that she is a master of building a fascinating world around complex characters who must grapple with the complications of chaos and control and their effects on human nature.
"It is a steep challenge to write a book whose hero is, everyone knows, destined to become deeply evil. Do we want to hear (now, after we know the endgame) that the young Voldemort was unfairly saddled with a demerit in class or that the adolescent Sauron fretted because he had to wear hand-me-down clothes? Yes, please." -- New York Times