Hear Coriolanus Snow as you’ve never heard him before.

Suddenly, their fates are intertwined.

EW debuted the first excerptof the novel earlier this year, and pre-orders have been steadily huge of late.

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)Film rights are already locked, too, which means you could start your dreamcasting.

He gets into Snow’s skin.

You think you know someone but there are a lot of surprises, he teases to EW.

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You’re going to understand a lot more of why he is the way he is.

So we won’t delay any longer.

The book is available in hardcover and audiobook forms on May 19 and isavailable for pre-order.Get listening below.

Reporting by Sydney Bucksbaum

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