Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2016)
In Neal Shusterman's "Scythe," a future society where death is meticulously controlled by scythes forces two apprentices to confront complex moral dilemmas, fierce competition, and the heavy consequences of their choices as they navigate the unsettling reality of gleaning lives.
By Neal Shusterman · First published 2016 · Genre: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction · 40 chapters
Contents
- No Dimming of the Sun
- 0.303%
- The Force of Destiny
- Learner's Permit to Kill
- "but I'M only Ninety-Six."
- An Elegy of Scythes
- Killcraft
- A Matter of Choice
- Esme
- Forbidden Responses
- Indiscretions
- No Room for Mediocrity
- Vernal Conclave
- A Slight Stipulation
- The Space Between
- Pool Boy
- The Seventh Commandment
- Falling Water
- A Terrible Thing to Do
- Guest of Honor
- Branded
- Sign of the Bident
- The Virtual Rabbit Hole
- An Embarrassment to who and what we Are
- Proxy of Death
- Not Like the Others
- Harvest Conclave
- Hydrogen Burning in the Heart of the Sun
- They Called it Prison
- Dialogue with the Dead
- A Streak of Unrelenting Foolishness
- Troubled Pilgrimage
- Both the Messenger and the Message
- The Second most Painful Thing you'll Ever have to Do
- Obliteration is our Hallmark
- The Thirteenth Kill
- Shaking the Tree
- The Final Test
- Winter Conclave
- The Ordained
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