""In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomesa scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--
In a world in which the only way to die is to be killed by a scythe, Citra and Rowan compete to earn a position as a scythe's apprentice--a competition that will see the loser die by the hand of the winner.
Two teens are forced to murdermaybe each otherin the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of theNew York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.
In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed (gleaned) by professional reapers (scythes). Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythes apprentices, anddespite wanting nothing to do with the vocationthey must learn the art of killing and come to understand the necessity of what they do.
Only one of them will be chosen as a scythes apprentice. And when it becomes clear that the winning apprentices first task will be to glean the loser, Citra and Rowan are pitted against one another in a fight for their lives.
