Summary

This books is a prequel to the original series. In this story, President Snow is only Coriolanus Snow. His family has fallen on hard times in popularity and survival and he has a chance to bring them back to their glory. He is a mentor in the Hunger Games and hopes to help bring a tribute to a win. Unfortunately, the odds were not in his favor. He is humiliated to be assigned to mentor the tribute from district 12. Will he lead her to victory? Will he help her survive? Will he actually begin to care about his tribute?