One apprentice may become a Scythe, but the other shall live no longer.įrom the very first page this was filled with insights deeper than oceans. And soon, they are put under a fate no Scythe’s apprentice has ever gone through before. But these beliefs are not shared, as the two soon find corruption within the Scythedom that threatens a seemingly perfect balance.

Two teens are taken under the apprenticeship of a Scythe, and Citra and Rowan soon learn of the responsibility and the moral grounds held by these people. Only the Scythes have control over who dies, a group of specially trained humans who statistically cull the population to meet the demands of resources and match the statistics of the A.I. Nobody dies of old age or disease or accidents anymore.

Humanity has achieved a state of immortality and perfection, aside from one aspect. Therefore, Scythe is worth its mass in gold. In books such as those we learn far better about the human condition than a space opera, for example, and I find great value in that. Why? I find it the most insightful within the science fiction sub genre. If I would pick up a science fiction book, it would more likely be a dystopian. The Hunger Games never appealed to me, I found the first book in the Divergent series solid but not captivating and I grew up with a dad who had an unhealthy Star Wars obsession. Dystopia, science fiction in general, has never been a great point of interest for me.

The scythe book series