Arc of a Scythe Trilogy

Fancy a job as the Grim Reaper? In a future without war or sickness, the scythes decide who lives or dies. Citra and Rowan live in a world with no disease, war and crime. Perfect! There’s nothing left to die of. That leaves just one teensy problem: people. Too many people! Which is where the scythes come in. State-appointed assassins, they randomly kill – or ‘glean’ – their victims to keep the population down. So, would you ever want a job like that? The trouble is, you don’t pick this job. It chooses you. And unless you’re the best there is, you’ll get gleaned too…

• The complete box set of Neal Shusterman’s acclaimed trilogy

• Superbly dark, disturbing stuff for fans of The Hunger Games

• Chilling dystopian fantasy by a Printz Honor award winner

• Thought-provoking message about the price of a perfect world

• By the New York Times bestselling author of the Unwind series

This box set contains the whole Arc of a Scythe trilogy: Scythe, The Toll and Thunderhead.

“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 thoughtful and thrilling story of life, death, and meaning.” Kirkus

• Please note this book contains mature language and content more appropriate for older readers.