If you are a fan of the other Hunger games books, this book takes place before the first book, when the leader of Panam (Coriolanus) is just a young boy ready to attend university.

The book gives you a good idea into Corio's mind and helps explain how he to to thinking the way he does, and also reveals some interesting history from the first books and how they 'came to be'.

An enjoyable book, though I found i could easily put it down, which made it take longer to get through it.