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Rising Thunder: A Prequel to Scythe

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This item will be released on December 1, 2026.

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Discover Thunderhead's origin-the fragile moment before the world changes forever and the hidden forces that set the storm in motion-in this long-awaited prequel to the New York Times bestselling and Printz Honor-winning Arc of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman.

And of course, as every school child knows, December 2042 marks the end of the Age of Mortality.

What no one has ever fully understood is how the world reached that moment.

As death begins to seem optional, humanity looks for ways t...

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