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A stunning debut YA novel, destined to blow the dystopian genre wide open - The Handmaid's Tale for a new generation. This edition will contain a sneak preview of Fever, and a brand new short story by Lauren DeStefano: "The First Bride". Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers and forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, and go home - before her time runs out forever. What if you knew you exactly when you would die? 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 threatens 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 desperate 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 free, in what little time she has left.

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)

• Full title: Wither
• Author: Lauren DeStefano
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 386
• EAN: 9780007386987
• ISBN: 0007386982
• ID: 04434543
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Weight: 436 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 128 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. February 2012

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