Scythe

Arc of a Scythe #1

A world without hunger, disease, war, or suffering. Humanity has conquered every hardship — even death itself. Yet life must still be limited, and that burden falls to the Scythes, the only individuals permitted to end it, charged with keeping the population in balance.

When teenagers Citra and Rowan are selected as apprentices to a Scythe, neither welcomes the honor. Forced to learn the grim discipline of taking life, they train under the knowledge that failure is not an option — and that a single misstep could cost them their own lives.