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Scythe is a 2016 young adult novel by Neal Shusterman and is the first in the Arc of a Scythe series. It is set in the far future, where death, disease, and unhappiness have been virtually eliminated due to advances in technology, and a benevolent artificial intelligence known as the Thunderhead peacefully governs a united Earth.
Highly skilled in using the sword and anqi (projectile weapons), he was a former anti-Qing resistance fighter and has been a wanted fugitive of the Qing government. He went into hiding by disguising himself as a scholar named "Lu Gaozhi" ( 陸高止 ) and becoming a private tutor in Li Yuanzhi's house.
His tools became well known throughout the Western Hemisphere, and lumbermen were proud to have the name "I. Blood" stamped on their axes. In the American Civil War, Blood manufactured an order of battle-axes for a Massachusetts artillery company in the Union Army measuring two feet long (resembling a short, slightly curved sword).
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The main antagonist is a leader of a group of Pagans and uses the pseudonym "Carcosa" (a name used in stories by Ambrose Bierce, as well as The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers); he is later revealed to be the Great God Pan. The Old Ones, referred to as the "Eldritch Terrors" are the main antagonists of Part 4.
Joseph Jenckes Sr. (baptized August 26, 1599 – March 16, 1683), also spelled Jencks and Jenks, was a bladesmith, blacksmith, mechanic, and inventor who was instrumental in establishing the Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts Bay Colony where he was granted the first machine patent in North America.
Citra Awards, or Piala Citra, the annual awards for cinematic achievements in Indonesia; Citra, Florida, town; Citra, a beverage by The Coca-Cola Company later rebranded as Fanta Citrus; Coca-Cola Citra, a Coca-Cola variant manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company; Astro Citra, Malaysian pay-TV channel 131; Citra, a variety of hops; the English guitar
The Book of Swords series is also linked to the Empire of the East series, which is set in the same universe and presents the backstory to the series. [3] The first three works in the Empire of the East series predate the Book of Swords series (The Broken Lands (1968), The Black Mountains (1971), and Changeling Earth (1973), also titled Ardneh's World), with the fourth Empire of the East book ...