Neal Shusterman's Arc of a Scythe trilogy is set in a future where disease, ageing and accidental death have been largely defeated, leaving appointed Scythes responsible for permanently killing people to control population. Scythe introduces apprentices Citra and Rowan; Thunderhead expands the role of the artificial intelligence governing society, and The Toll brings the competing political and ethical conflicts to a conclusion. The three novels should be read in publication order. Shusterman combines dystopian science fiction with moral argument, institutional politics and shifting viewpoints, asking what happens when a seemingly benevolent system gives a small group legitimate power over death. Read more Less
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