Creepy and elegant, shocking and romantic, and delivers unexpected
twists. Rhine lives in a world that is slowly decaying. Thanks to
leaps in science and technology, scientists have created one
perfect human generation, with an extraordinary flaw: their male
offspring only live to age 25, and females to 20. At sixteen, Rhine
is kidnapped at the order of a wealthy man, and forced to marry
him. On the surface, her new life is beautiful, glamorous. But when
Rhine befriends a servant, Gabriel, and begins to dig deeper into
the hidden activities of the household, what she finds terrifies
her, ...
A 'harrowing debut ... DeStefano has an observant and occasionally pitiless eye, chronicling the cruelties, mercies, and inconsistencies of her young characters... It will be intriguing to see how DeStefano develops [the larger world] as this promising trilogy progresses.' - Publisher's Weekly starred review 'Lauren DeStefano crafts an all too believable future. I loved the world, the romance, the writing - exactly the kind of book I've been craving to read.' -Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH 'Wither is an exceptional novel that begins with a bang and doesn't let you go-it's gut-wrenching, shocking, incredible, and completely and utterly absorbing all at once... DeStefano is a fearless writer, and though it is firmly its own book, Wither will remind readers of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.' -TheCompulsiveReader.com
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