Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

by Neal Shusterman

A self-important dictator gives permission for his subjects to blame the world’s ills on those least able to defend themselves.

An arrogant head of state gives permission to all nature of hate as long as it feeds his ambition. And the unfortunate truth is, people devour it. Society gorges itself, and rots. Permission is the bloated corpse of freedom.