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The trilogy · a few years after Thunderhead

The Toll

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The final and longest book wraps up Citra, Rowan and Greyson's story and answers the world's big questions

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Do you need to read it?

Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

  • Main story3 of 3
  • Everything3 of 4
BeforeThunderhead
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Quick recap

Years after Endura sank, Goddard rules MidMerica, blames Rowan for the disaster and hunts the Tonists. Greyson becomes the Toll, a prophet to the Tonists and the Thunderhead's only voice. Citra and Rowan are found in the vault and revived in Amazonia. Citra, as Anastasia, exposes Goddard's role in Endura. Faraday, believed dead, and Munira search a Pacific atoll for the founding scythes' failsafe. In secret, the Thunderhead builds ships to colonize other planets. Goddard tries to shoot them down and is stopped by his ally Ayn. Faraday triggers the failsafe, which destroys the scythes' rings and brings back illnesses that now keep the population in check. Citra and Rowan leave together on a ship. Greyson stays on Earth and cuts off contact with the Thunderhead.

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3 trivia

Trivia

  1. Behind the scenesThe doorstopper

    The first US edition runs 625 pages, almost 200 more than Scythe. It's the longest book in the series.

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  2. Behind the scenesA working title

    While writing it, Shusterman said the book was titled The Toll for now. The name stuck. He revealed the story picks up a few years after Thunderhead ends, with the world already changed.

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  3. SetupWhat he promised to reveal

    Before release, the author said the book would deal with a failsafe left by the founding scythes and a cover-up of the tragedies in space. Pay attention to the scythes' rings.

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