Scythe

Shusterman, Neal

£14.99

In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed by professional scythes. Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythes’ apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation, they must learn the art of killing and understand the necessity of what they do. Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe’s apprentice and as Citra and Rowan come up against a terrifyingly corrupt Scythedom, it becomes clear that the winning apprentice’s first task will be to kill the loser.

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Publish Date: 03/11/2022

Description

In a perfect world, what is there left to fear? A stunning new Collector’s Edition of the New York Times bestseller, with a new piece from the author.

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

Collector’s Edition with a new author’s note.

Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this, the chilling first book in the award-winning Arc of a Scythe series.

In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed (“gleaned”) by professional scythes.

Citra and Rowan have been selected to be scythes’ apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation, they must master the art of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

Scythe is the first novel in a thrilling series by Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes with a heavy price.

Additional information

Weight 676 g
Dimensions 229 × 152 × 31 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

440

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J