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The text then transitions into Part One, “The Lost Island & The Drowned City,” where the High Blade of MidMerica addresses the aftermath of Endura’s tragedy. He accepts full responsibility for the disaster, naming Rowan Damisch (Scythe Lucifer) as the perpetrator, and calls for unity while rescinding the gleaning quota in his region.","For David Gale, the High Blade of editors. We all miss the enlightened swath ofyourpen!  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nThis book—this entire series—would not have been possible without the friendship and support of everyone at Simon & Schuster. Particularly my publisher, Justin Chanda, who personally edited The Toll when my editor, David Gale, took ill, and did an incredible job, challenging me to make the book the best it could be. I’d also like to thank assistant editor Amanda Ramirez for all her hard work on these, and all my S&S books.  \nBut there are so many people at S&S who go above and beyond! Jon Anderson, Anne ZaЙan, Alyza Liu, Lisa Moraleda, Michelle Leo, Sarah WoodruА, Krista Vossen, Chrissy Noh, Katrina Groover, Jeannie Ng, Hilary Zarycky, Lauren HoАman, Anna Jarzab, and Chloë Foglia, to name just a few. Thank you! You are all part of my extended family. So come on over for Thanksgiving. I promise we won’t carve the turkey without you.  \nAnd once again, thanks to Kevin Tong for these amazing, iconic covers! You have truly raised the bar! All future covers will have to pass the Tong Test.  \nThanks to my literary agent, Andrea Brown, for everything she does—including talking me through my this-is-the-book-that-kills-me moments. My entertainment industry agents, Steve Fisher and Debbie Deuble-Hill, at APA. My contract attorneys, Shep Rosenman, Jennifer Justman, and Caitlin DiMotta. And of course my manager, Trevor Engelson, the undisputed prince ofHollywood.  \nThanks to Laurence Gander for helping with some critical sensitivity issues for the character of Jeri, and Michelle Knowlden for her expertise on interstellar mathematical and engineering issues.  \nI’m thrilled by how well the books are doing internationally, and want to give a shout-out to Deane Norton, Stephanie Voros, and Amy Habayeb in S&S foreign sales, as well as Taryn Fagerness, my foreign agent—and of course all my foreign publishers, editors, and publicists. In France, Fabien Le Roy at Èditions Robert LaАont. In Germany, Antje Keil, Christine Schneider, and Ulrike Metzger at S. Fischer Verlage. In the United Kingdom, Frances TaГnder and  \nKirsten Cozens at Walker Books. In Australia, Maraya Bell and Georgie Carrol. In Spain, Irina Salabert at Nocturna. And my friend Olga Nødtvedt, who translated my books into Russian out of love for them, even before Russian publishers wanted them.  \nThe entire Arc of a Scythe series continues to be in development as a feature Йlm with Universal, and I’d like to thank everyone involved, including producers Josh McGuire and Dylan Clarke, as well as Sara Scott at Universal, Mia Maniscalco and Holly Bario at Amblin, and Sera Gamble, who’s working on a killer script (yeah, pun intended) . Can’t wait to see it on the big screen! And when it comes to smaller screens, I’d like to thank my son Jarrod and his partner Sofía Lapuente for their amazing book trailers.  \nThanks to Barb Sobel, for superhuman organizational skills, and Matt Lurie for keeping social media from devouring my brain like some Мesh-eating bacteria.  \nBut who I am most grateful for are my kids, who aren’t kids anymore, but will always be my babies. My sons, Brendan and Jarrod, and my daughters, Joelle and Erin, who make me proud every day of my life!  \nPart One  \nTHE LOST ISLAND & THE DROWNED CITY  \nIt is with abiding humility that I accept the position of High Blade of MidMerica. I wish it were under more joyful circumstances. The tragedy of Endura will long lingerin our memories. The many thousands of lives that were ended on that dark day will be remembered for as long as humankind has hearts to endure and eyes to weep. The names of the devoured will forever be on our lips.  \nI am honored that the last act of the seven Grands layers was to acknowledge my right to be considered for High Blade—and since the only other candidate perished in the catastrophe, there is no need to open wounds by opening the sealed vote. 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