After Scythe Faraday self-gleans, Goddard offers to take on both Rowan and Citra's training, but he's only allowed to take Rowan. Goddard throws lavish parties regularly and hopes to bring scythes around to his way of thinking. Goddard technically follows the scythes' code of conduct to live simply and own nothing but their rings, robes, and gleaning journals, but gets around these technicalities by accepting 'donations' and granting wealthy homeowners immunity in exchange for letting him live in their mansions-though the homeowners have no choice in the matter. He's a cruel man who enjoys killing and is known for conducting mass gleanings with his crew of young scythes: Rand, Chomsky, and Volta. Goddard believes that gleaning should be public and iconic, as this is the only way for non-scythes to remember what it's like to be mortal. Visit Neal at and /NealShusterman.The antagonist of the novel, Scythe Goddard is a charismatic scythe who wears lavish blue robes encrusted with diamonds. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Can Citra and Rowan change things for the better without being silenced themselves? This collectible boxed set includes paperback editions of:Ībout the Author Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. When they try to break free of their roles, the two apprentices discover those in power will not peacefully relinquish their control. These teens must master the 'art' of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice with a scythe-a role that neither wants. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Thou shalt not kill: A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Book Synopsis Two teens must master the 'art of killing' in this New York Times bestselling, Printz Honor-winning series from Neal Shusterman.

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