Arc of a scythe
Author
1) Scythe
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Series
Arc of a scythe volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed (gleaned) by professional reapers (scythes). Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythe's apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation they must learn the art of killing and come to understand the necessity of what they do. Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice. And when it becomes clear that the...
2) Thunderhead
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Series
Language
English
Description
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, and the Thunderhead is not pleased.
3) The toll
Author
Series
Arc of a scythe volume 3
Language
English
Description
In the finale to the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that's conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to...
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories that span the time when humans live in a world without hunger, disease, or death and Scythes act as the living instruments of population control.
Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. For years humans lived in a world without hunger, disease, or death, with Scythes as the living instruments of population control. These stories travel the timeline as the...