As you can see from the title, there is a stronger focus on the Thunderhead in the second book in the series. Think of the Thunderhead as a 100% successful Alexa or Google Home. Citra has a strong connection with the Thunderhead, but if she becomes a scythe, all connections with the Thunderhead are cut. Well, I shouldn’t say “the entire” world as there are some people that are marked unsavory, some that choose to not abide by the AI (the tonists), and scythes cannot communicate with the Thunderhead. Not mentioned in the blurb is that the entire world is ran by something called The Thunderhead. The main trilogy consists of Scythe, Thunderhead. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. The first book has you pulling for both protagonists and the whole scythedome as you learn that even in a perfect world, there are still greedy, corrupt people. Arc of a Scythe is a series of science fiction novels by young adult literature author Neal Shusterman. Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. There’s so much more to talk about with this story. Citra and Rowan don’t really want to be scythes, but it is an apprenticeship they simply cannot turn down. When Scythe begins, two teens, Rowan Damisch and Citra Terranova, are chosen to apprentice for a highly respected scythe and are made to compete against one another for the chance to become a licensed death-bringer themselves. Scythe is the first novel in the Arc of the Scythe trilogy and it became a favorite read immediately! Honorable Scythe Faraday takes two apprentices under his training, something that has never been done before. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.
Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death.
Scythe is the first novel of a thrilling new series by National Book Award–winning author Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.“A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.Ĭitra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe-a role that neither wants. Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.Ī world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death.
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