[The Chemical Garden 1.50] • The Seeds of Wither
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- Authors
- DeStefano, Lauren
- Publisher
- Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Tags
- young adult , romance
- ISBN
- 9781442453999
- Date
- 2011-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.54 MB
- Lang
- en
**Step into the Chemical Garden with an all-new eBook sampler!**Discover the world author Lauren DeStefano created in *Wither*, a riveting dystopian thriller. In the not-so-distant future, fallout from genetic engineering causes all females to die at age twenty, and all males to die at twenty-five. Kidnapped from her home and torn from her twin brother Rowan, sixteen-year-old Rhine is forced into a polygamous marriage and taken to live in her husband’s mansion. She has everything she wants—except for freedom. But her plans to escape and return home are complicated by a devious father-in-law, as well as Rhine’s growing attraction to Gabriel, a servant who works on the estate. Read the first 100 pages of *Wither* and be captivated by Rhine’s journey.
This eBook sampler includes an EXCLUSIVE, never-before-published short story by Lauren DeStefano! “The First Bride” reveals the events leading up to *Wither*, from the point of view of the bride that came before Rhine.
Delve even deeper into *Wither* with a map of the wives’ floor, the *Wither* book trailer, and a video that takes you behind the scenes of the *Fever* cover shoot.
You'll also get a sneak peak of* Fever*, the second book in the Chemical Garden trilogy, before it goes on sale 2/21/12!