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// 電影《飢餓遊戲Hunger Games》系列原著，最新衍生作前傳 //
// 獲選美國圖書館協會「青少年最佳十大選書」、TIME雜誌「年度十大小說」 //
// 同名改編電影備受期待開拍，由湯姆布萊斯Tom Blyth與真人版「白雪公主」瑞秋曾格勒Rachel Zegler領銜主演，再掀學舌鳥熱潮 //
意志，燃燒著他；競爭，不斷驅使著他；要獲得權力，得付出一切代價
權力慾望薰心的大反派史諾，曾經也是個有抱負的青年。
故事發生在64年前，舉辦多年的飢餓遊戲改變賽制，首次加入導師以訓練參賽者，而18歲的高中生史諾正是這次被抽中出任導師一職的人選之一。
儘管他摩拳擦掌，準備大展身手，抽中的導生卻來自最貧窮、不被看好的第12區，還是個瘦弱的女孩——露西．葛蕾。
然而在成為導師的那一刻，兩人的命運便糾纏在一起，史諾所做的每一個抉擇都可能走向勝利或毀滅，沒有退路。他必須衡量自己的需求、遵循遊戲的規則、抗拒內心的同情與慾望，無論付出何等代價，都要讓他們倆活下去！
原本善良，甚至迷人的史諾，為何最終走向黑暗之路？這次指導訓練留下了什麼傷痕嗎？或是……
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.
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 outmaneuver 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 favor 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.
