Scythe
Arc of a Scythe, Book 1
by Neal Shusterman
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appears in Dystopian, Fantasy, and Fiction.
Thou shalt kill.A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life_x0097_and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe_x0097_a role that neith...
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appears in Dystopian, Fantasy, and Fiction.
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