
They must learn how to kill, but also be compassionate.


They both - reluctantly - end up as apprentices to the same scythe and are dropped into a world of death, pain, grief. Citra excels at school and when a scythe comes to their house just to have a meal with them, she can’t help but question his behavior. Until the Honorable Scythe Faraday notices him and asks him to become his apprentice. Rowan is a typical middle child in a big family whose life flies under the radar.

In a world where immortality means death is no longer natural, scythes are employed to keep the population under control.
