"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--

No ha pasado más que un año desde que los caminos de Citra y Rowan se separaron, pero en este tiempo los rumores sobre un justiciero que persigue a los segadores corruptos se han multiplicado.Por todo el continente se oyen susurros de que los culpables acaban siempre devorados por las llamas. La segadora Anastasia criba con compasión y desafía abiertamente las ideas del nuevo orden. No obstante, cuando su vida se ve amenazada y sus métodos se...

Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him? The answer lies in the Tone, the Toll, and the Thunder. "Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like...