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Amazon.com Review Amazon Exclusive: Cassandra Clare Reviews *Wither * Cassandra Clare is the author of The Mortal Instruments series. The latest addition to the series is City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments, Book 4) . Lauren DeStefano’s new book, Wither , heralds the coming of a promising new voice in young adult dystopian fiction. Wither introduces us to Rhine Ellery, age sixteen, who lives in a world decimated by the results of genetic engineering. In an attempt to render humanity almost immortal and disease-free, scientists accidentally introduced into human DNA a ticking time bomb — all women live only to age twenty and men to age twenty-five. In this world, riddled with brutality and stricken with poverty, girls are married off as young as thirteen and forced to bear children in a desperate attempt to keep humanity ahead of the wave of disease that threatens to eradicate them. Lately readers have been seeing an influx of books handling new and old topics in a different, more female-centric way. Part parable, part warning, Wither puts women and girls at the heart of a dystopian tale mixing progress and disempowerment, science and secrecy. After being kidnapped fr

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Author

DeStefano, Lauren

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780007386987

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Young Adult, Romance

Rating

4.25 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24