The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins to release fifth book in series as new novel will be a ‘prequel’
THE Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins has announced the fifth book in the popular YA series.
The upcoming novel will take place before the series protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, steps in for her sister, Rue, in the dystopian tournament.
Sunrise on the Reaping is the title of the fifth installment in the blockbuster series, according to Associated Press.
“With Sunrise on the Reaping, I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few,’” the author's statement read.
“The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative."
"The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems more pressing to me every day.”
The events of Sunrise on the Reaping will take place during the Fiftieth Hunger Games.
The timeline jumps back before the original novel, in which Katniss joins as tribute in the 75th Hunger Games.
Readers will also find themselves about 40 years after the most recent book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes follows Coriolanus Snow, 18, as he attempts to revive the declining viewership of the gladiator tournament.
As Gamemaker, Coriolanus realizes he would rather rise to power than continue his forbidden romance with District 12 tribute, Lucy Gray Bair.
Sunrise on the Reaping has been scheduled to hit bookstores on March 18, 2025.
The film rights for the novel have not yet been announced.
THE MOVIES
In 2012, actress Jennifer Lawrence, 33, brought Katniss from the book's pages to the screen with the first adaptation of The Hunger Games.
Donald Sutherland, 88, played the older version of Snow in the four cinematic sequels.
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