Payne, Michelle Knowlden, and Joelle Shusterman-returns to the world throughout the timeline of the Arc of a Scythe series. Neal Shusterman-along with collaborators David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Sofía Lapuente, Michael H. For years, humans lived in a world without hunger, disease, or death with Scythes as the living instruments of population control. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Answers to such unsettling questions will not be among them.The New York Times bestselling Arc of the Scythe series continues with “captivating…thrilling” ( School Library Journal) stories that span the timeline. When our reach does not exceed our grasp, when comfort is more easily obtained than struggle, when our essential humanity doesn't burn out but becomes slowly irrelevant, what becomes of us? Readers will find many things in these pages. * Kirkus (starred review) * Scythe owes an obvious debt to Unwind (2007) and its sequels, and this succeeds as a sort of shadow companion to Patrick Ness' Chaos Walking trilogy: instead of exploring the ways in which men are monsters, this deals in what happens to men when there are no monsters. A thoughtful and thrilling story of life, death, and meaning. * School Library Journal (starred review) * Elegant and elegiac, brooding but imbued with gallows humor, Shusterman's dark tale thrusts realistic, likeable teens into a surreal situation and raises deep philosophic questions. A truly astounding, unputdownable read and a fast-paced beginning to an excellent sci-fi series. * BCCB (starred review) * Shusterman starts off this series in dramatic fashion as he creates an engrossing world that pulls readers in and refuses to let them go. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * This first volume in an anticipated trilogy offers forbidden love, mass murders, cool philosophical musings, and a well-developed futuristic society-plenty to guarantee interest in the planned two followups. This powerful tale is guaranteed to make readers think deeply.
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