The transport vehicle drops the stunned Coriolanus and the tributes inside a cage in the Capitol Zoo. Some of the tributes consider killing him, but are dissuaded by Lucy Gray when she warns them that their families would likely be punished. Coriolanus is determined to make a good impression, since his success in the games will most likely guarantee he will win the monetary prize he needs in order to attend University.Ĭoriolanus decides to meet Lucy Gray at the train station where the tributes are set to arrive, but accidentally ends up with them in their transport vehicle. Lucy Gray sparks the Capitol's attention after slipping a hidden snake into the clothing of the mayor's cruel daughter Mayfair, who had arranged for her to be reaped over jealousy about a boy named Billy Taupe, as well as singing during the reaping. He is assigned the District 12 female tribute, Lucy Gray Baird, member of a traveling musician group known as the Covey, who were forced into staying in District 12 after the war began. Though faced with the imminent loss of both their grand apartment and the family's great social prestige, Coriolanus remains determined to restore his family to prosperity, taking pride and assurance in the family saying, 'Snow Lands On Top.'īased on his academic excellence at the Academy, the Capitol's most prestigious high school, Coriolanus is chosen to mentor a tribute in the upcoming tenth Hunger Games. While determined to keep up appearances, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, his cousin Tigris Snow and their grandmother (nicknamed 'Grandma’am') are running out of options and resources. The once-wealthy and powerful Snow family, whose patriarch, General Crassus Snow, led the Capitol's forces as a key strategist and war hero until he was killed in action, has fallen on hard times.

Set in the universe of The Hunger Games, 64 years before the first installment, the book follows young Coriolanus Snow, who is far from the cold, calculating dictator seen during the events of the original trilogy.įollowing a long and costly war with the Districts, in which the Capitol was under direct siege for several months, the Capitol remains heavily damaged and is only beginning to recover.

Book 2 of hunger games