Characters
This character becomes Scythe Curie’s apprentice after Faraday’s “death.”
Who is Citra Terranova?
“The greatest achievement of the human race was not conquering death. It was ending government.”
Who is Scythe Curie?
What gathering do MidMerica scythes attend to vote on issues and test apprentices?
What is conclave?
Why did Scythe Faraday visit Citra’s apartment?
What is to dine with her family before gleaning the neighbor?
What is the Thunderhead?
What is the AI that manages society?
This scythe wears lavish blue robes covered in diamonds and enjoys mass gleanings.
Who is Scythe Goddard?
“Goddard isn’t a scythe. He’s a killer.”
Who is Rowan Damisch?
What color robes does Scythe Faraday wear?
What is ivory?
Why does Rowan purposely fail his first conclave test?
What is that he failed on purpose for Citra?
What objects do Tonists carry as symbols of their faith?
What are tuning forks?
This character becomes a professional party guest and enjoys “splatting.”
Who is Tyger Salazar?
“You may think gleaning is an acquired taste, but it's not. The thrill of the hunt and the joy of the kill simmers in all of us. Bring it to the surface and then you'll be the kind of scythe this world needs."
What grants a person one year of immunity from gleaning?
What is kissing a scythe’s ring?
Why did Faraday fake his own self-gleaning?
What is to free Rowan and Citra from the apprenticeship competition?
Why are the Tonists important to the novel?
What is that they challenge the philosophies of the Scythedom and Thunderhead?
This scythe secretly retires and hides in Amazonia.
Who is Scythe Faraday?
“With each gleaning I commit… I mourn for the boy I once was…”
Who is Scythe Faraday?
According to Faraday, what is the paradox of being a scythe?
What is that only those who do not want to be scythes should become scythes?
How does Rowan prevent Goddard and the others from being revived?
What is by burning them?
Why is Scythe Volta crying after the Tonist gleaning?
What is because he gleaned a classroom of children?
An Amazonian scythe who aids Citra on the train between Chileargentina and Amazonia.
Who is Possuelo?
“Scythe Goddard is the future… I don’t want to be part of the past.”
What punishment did Faraday and Curie receive from the Global Conclave?
What is seven deaths each and no contact for seventy years?
Who must Rowan render “deadish” during his final apprentice test?
Who is his mother?
What role do Tonist beliefs play in the novel’s themes?
What is exploring alternative beliefs about humanity, mortality, and meaning in a world without death?