Yllättävänä uutisena Collins on kirjoittanut Nälkäpelille johdanto-osan. Kirja julkaistaan ensi vuoden toukokuussa, ja sillä ei ole vielä nimeä. "Prequel" tapahtuu 64 vuotta ennen alkuperäistä Nälkäpeli-romaania.
The novel, currently untitled, is scheduled for release May 19, 2020. Collins said in a statement Monday that she would go back to the years following the so-called Dark Days, the failed rebellion in Panem. Collins set the Hunger Games books in a postapocalyptic dystopia where young people must fight and kill each other, on live television.
"With this book, I wanted to explore the state of nature, who we are and what we perceive is required for our survival," she said. "The reconstruction period 10 years after the war, commonly referred to as the Dark Days — as the country of Panem struggles back to its feet — provides fertile ground for characters to grapple with these questions and thereby define their views of humanity."
The book is set well before the lifetime of Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence in the billion-dollar movie franchise. Scholastic spokeswoman Tracy van Straaten declined to comment on the new book's contents or featured characters beyond what's described in Monday's announcement.
Ilmestyyköhän suomennos samanaikaisesti alkukielisen kirjan kanssa?