Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

by Neal Shusterman

Mine is not a “brave new world” but a world ruled by wisdom, conscience, and compassion. I concluded that if defiance was a normal expression of human passion and yearning, I would have to make room for its expression.

the illusion of purpose is critical to a well-adjusted population. —The Thunderhead

Nature is the sum of all selfishness, forcing each and every species to viciously claw its way to survival by snuffing others in the suffocating mire of history.