Haymitch’s Hunger Games prequel will continue the franchise’s clever romance trend, though Sunrise on the Reaping may need to get creative with it.

The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping provides heartbreaking new details in an excerpt about Haymitch Abernathy and his family.

Ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping hitting bookshelves on March 18, an excerpt of the prequel novel has been released via People, and it introduces a young Haymitch just ahead of being chosen to be part of the 50th Hunger Games.

The new Hunger Games book, Sunrise on the Reaping, is all about grumpy mentor Haymitch Abernathy’s Hunger Games. Haymitch had a particularly awful Hunger Games; in his Quarter Quell, there were double the amount of Tributes in the arena.

So how did Haymitch Abernathy survive the deadly Second Quarter Quell? Well, we’re one step closer to finding out Haymitch Abernathy is quite the legend in the “Hunger Games”

Suzanne Collin will release a second Hunger Games prequel book series in March, with a movie adaptation in 2026, and there exist a myriad of possible similar projects to come after. Sunrise on the Reaping will follow a teenage Haymitch Abernathy during the 50th Hunger Games.

The upcoming Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, is incredibly exciting, yet the book promises to be even more tragic than Katniss’s story.