A stunning debut YA novel destined to blow the dystopian genre wide open
- The Handmaids Tale for a new generation. This edition will contain a sneak preview of Fever & a brand new short story by Lauren De Stefano: The First Bride". Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers & forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape find her twin brother & 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 & 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 & 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
- & Lindens 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."