Author:  Shusterman, Neal 
Children's, Teenage & educational
Published on 1 February 2018 by Walker Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Arc of a Scythe' series.

Paperback | 448 pages
130 x 196 x 32 | 290g
'A true successor to The Hunger Games.' Maggie StiefvaterIn a perfect world, what is there left to fear? A chilling and thought-provoking sci-fi novel from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.
A dark, gripping and witty thriller in which the only thing humanity has control over is death. In  a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way  to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional scythes.  Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythes'  apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation, they  must learn the art of killing and understand the necessity of what they  do.
Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice and  as Citra and Rowan come up against a terrifyingly corrupt Scythedom, it  becomes clear that the winning apprentice's first task will be to glean  the loser.