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In Thunderhead, the second book of Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe, Rowan and Citra face mounting corruption within the Scythedom, the governing body that manages death in a society of engineered immortality. As the pair confronts diminishing hope and increasing danger, the question remains whether the powerful entity known as the Thunderhead will intervene to preserve the perfect world or allow it to unravel.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Neal Shusterman
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