THE HUNGER GAMES as you’ve never seen it before — in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen,Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard workkeen observationand inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her homeDistrict 12is under the merciless rule of the Capitolcontinually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Gamesa televised fight to the death featuring two young tributes from each of Panem’s twelve districts. This gruesome battle is meant to send home a chilling message: Rebellion will always be punished. When Katniss finds herself within the Hunger Games arenashe knows the odds aren’t in her favor. Any wrong move will end her life — and even the right moves come with a cost. But if she can survivethere is a chance the districts may survive as well… The Hunger Games has enthralled millions of readers in its examination of the price of warhuman natureand the powerful force of both love and resistance. Now it appears for the first time in a deluxe illustrated editionwith spellbinding art from internationally acclaimed artist Nico Delort.