The Snow family is blessed with multiple heirs but ultimately suffers the loss of Panem's most gracious first lady and Coriolanus Snow's loving wife. The oldest daughter, Cynthia Snow, has acted as her family's surrogate mother for the years after her mother's untimely death. One day, all of that changes when she joins the music club on the first day of the Academy. With that, she's forced to fight for a passion she dedicates herself to and reckon with the deeply rooted family issues she's ignored all her life. She quickly realizes that the problem is her father, Coriolanus Snow, the feared president of Panem.