Yes all the scythes have names famous from the old world of mortality and they will give you a smile as you read. The other chapters advance the plot and there is action and intrigue aplenty.Ĭitra has become Scythe Anastasia and works with master Scythe Marie Curie. There is much philosophy in this book told in short chapters amid the action, narrated by a humanised Thunder Head that gets to the soul of Humankind. So why is there division among the Scythes? Who can be unhappy in paradise? Has the human ego, ambition and capacity for greed been eliminated? The age of mortality and suffering are over. Those prone to crime have been treated genetically, sociopaths have been given a conscience and psychopaths have been given sanity. Nobody dies unless they want to or the Scythes deem that they are to be gleaned permanently from the planet. Global warming, the gap between rich and poor, crime, you name it Thunder Head has solved it. Thunder Head rules this idyllic world because it has solved all humankind’s problems. That conflict is what this novel is all about as population control is essential in a world where nobody needs to die. Each has it’s role but there is division in the Scythe world that Thunder Head is deeply concerned about. There are two powers in this dystopian world, Thunder Head the creator and the Scythes who rule death, and never the twain shall meet. This is part 2 of the Arc of the Scythe series the first being Scythe which is also reviewed on this blog.
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