Two teens are forced to murder - maybe each other - in the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Unwind dystology.<br><br>In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") by professional reapers ("scythes") . Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythe's apprentices, and - despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation - they must learn the art of killing and come to understand the necessity of what they do.<br> <br>Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice. And when it becomes clear that the winning apprentice's first task will be to glean the loser, Citra and Rowan are pitted against one another in a fight for their lives.
