Lauren DeStefano - Wither
Lauren DeStefano - Wither What if you knew exactly when you'd die? A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males born with a lifespan of 25 years, and females a lifespan of 20…
Specifikacia Lauren DeStefano - Wither
Lauren DeStefano - Wither
What if you knew exactly when you'd die? A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males born with a lifespan of 25 years, and females a lifespan of 20 years--leaving the world in a state of panic. The first book of The Chemical Garden Trilogy.By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live.
Yet her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can't bring herself to hate him as much as she'd like to. Geneticists seek a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children.When Rhine is sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away