Super Short Summary

In Neal Shusterman’s Scythe, two teenagers, Citra Terranova and Rowan Damisch, are selected to be apprentice scythes in a future society where an advanced AI called the Thunderhead has eradicated death but mandates population control through selected killings performed by Scythes. The story follows their intense training, ethical dilemmas, and complex challenges as they navigate the implications of wielding the power to end lives. This book involves themes of death and violence.