Wither - The Chemical Garden Trilogy

In our brave new future, DNA engineering has resulted in a terrible genetic flaw. Women die at the age of 20, men at 25. Young girls are being abducted and forced to breed in a desperate attempt to keep humanity ahead of the disease that thretens to eradicate it. 16-year-old Rhine Ellery is kidnapped and sold as a bride to Linden, a rich young man with a dying wife. Even though he is kind to her, Rhine is despearte to escape her gilded cage - and Linden's cruel father. With the help of Gabriel, a servant she is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break fee, in what little time she has left.

Softcover. English. HarperVoyager. 2011. ISBN: 9780007425471. 358 pp. Good condition in softcover. Book No: 51514