Suzanne Collins is able to return to Panem once more—and this time, it’s for one more prequel within the wake of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Introduced by Scholastic by way of Associated Press right this moment, Dawn on the Reaping will happen between the events of Ballad and the original Hunger Games, in the course of the reaping—the method of choosing district candidates—for the fiftieth Starvation Video games battle royale. “With Dawn on the Reaping, I used to be impressed by David Hume’s concept of implicit submission and, in his phrases, ‘the easiness with which the numerous are ruled by the few,’” Collins stated in a press release. “The story additionally lent itself to a deeper dive into using propaganda and the facility of those that management the narrative. The query ‘Actual or not actual?’ appears extra urgent to me day-after-day.”
The fiftieth Starvation Video games happened roughly 24 years earlier than the occasions of the unique novel, and have been gained by Haymitch Abernathy—a personality who went on to look within the unique Starvation Video games trilogy as a mentor to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, and finally as a significant determine within the rebel in opposition to the Capitol. In the film adaptations, the older Haymitch was performed by Woody Harrelson, and whereas no movie rights for Dawn have been confirmed but, it wouldn’t appear too stunning to see one other Starvation Video games movie in theaters in just a few extra years.
Dawn on the Reaping is at the moment set to hit bookshelves March 18, 2025.
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