The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Deluxe

Published 04/02/2025 | Paperback / softback,
Description:

 

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