Lauren DeStefano

Después de los terribles sufrimientos a los que la ha sometido Vaughn, Rhine consigue un aliado inesperado en Reed, hermano de Vaughn e inventor excéntrico. Refugiada en su destartalado hogar, Rhine no consigue olvidar a las personas que ha dejado en el camino. Gabriel, Cecily y Linden siguen en su memoria y en sus sentimientos mas profundos. Mientras tanto, Rowan se involucra cada vez mas en la resistencia y Rhine debe encontrarlo antes de que haga algo irreparable. Pero lo que descubre en el camino puede tener consecuencias alarmantes tanto para su futuro como para ese pasado que sus padres nunca habian tenido oportunidad de explicarle. Pero debe darse prisa: en el mundo en que vive, tanto su vida como la de los demas tiene una fecha de caducidad muy proxima. En Ruptura, la estremecedora conclusion de la Trilogia del Jardin Quimico, Rhine vera todas sus certezas destruidas para siempre. Tercera entrega de la Trilogia del Jardin Quimico. Un debut apasionante, Publishers Weekly, libro recomendado. Para fans de Los juegos del hambre, Kirkus.

"En un futuro cercano, todos los recién nacidos llevan incorporada una bomba de tiempo genética. Los varones viven hasta los 25 años, y las mujeres, que mueren a los 20, son secuestradas y forzadas a contraer matrimonios polígamos para evitar que la humanidad entera desaparezca de la faz de la Tierra. Cuando secuestran a Rhine, una joven de 16 años, para venderla como esposa de un hombre adinerado, le espera un mundo de privilegios. Su joven marido, Linden, la ama igual que a sus otras esposas, pero Rhine sólo desea escapar, aunque deberá enfrentarse a su excéntrico suegro, quien no cejará en encontrar un antídoto para el virus que amenaza la vida de su hijo, aunque para ello deba dejar varios cadáveres en su camino. Con Efímera, la joven autora Lauren DeStefano inicia su fascinante Trilogía del Jardín Químico, y de la mano de una heroína de nuestros tiempos, nos lleva a un viaje de aventura y romance en un mundo a punto de extinguirse. "

A Handmaid's Tale for a new generation! 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 exactly when you would die? Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb -- males only live to age twenty-five and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape -- to find her twin brother and go home. But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant she trusts, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limited time she has left.

Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy. After escaping the city of Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home. The ground is a strange place where water falls from the sky as snow, and people watch moving pictures and visit speakeasies. A place where families can have as many children as they want, bury their dead in vast gardens of bodies, and where Internment is the feature of an amusement park. It is also a land at war. Everyone who fled Internment had their own reasons to escape their corrupt haven, but now theyre caught under the watchful eye of another ruler who wants to dominate his world. They may have made it to the ground, but have they dragged Internment with them?

Before Morgan, there was Daphne, the girl who asked too many questions and changed everything... This original enovella set in the world of The Internment Chronicles is a gripping prequel to Perfect Ruin.In this look back at Daphne, before her subversive paper led to her murder by order of the king, Daphne witnesses her seven-year-old sister Amy having a seizure-like event, a result of injuries sustained when she wandered too close to the Edge. Government doctors insist these seizures are punishment for Amys bad behavior, but Daphne disagrees. Obsessed with finding out what lured her sister out there to the Edge to begin with, Daphne leads Judas, her betrothed, a young man with his own secrets, on an expedition near the Edge to reconstruct her sisters fateful event. But how close is too close?

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 husbands mansion. She has everything she wantsexcept for freedom. But her plans to escape and return home are complicated by a devious father-in-law, as well as Rhines growing attraction to Gabriel, a servant who works on the estate. Read the first 100 pages of Wither and be captivated by Rhines 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. Youll also get a sneak peak of Fever, the second book in the Chemical Garden trilogy, before it goes on sale 2/21/12!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy: On the floating city of Internment, you can be anything you dream. Unless you approach the edge. Childrens Literature says shades of Aldous Huxleys Brave New World and George Orwells 1984 inspire DeStefanos sci-fi/murder mystery page-turner.Morgan Stockhour knows getting too close to the edge of Internment, the floating city and her home, can lead to madness. Even though her older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. Theres too much for her on Internment: her parents, best friend Pen, and her betrothed, Basil. Her life is ordinary and safe, even if she sometimes does wonder about the ground and why its forbidden.Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially once she meets Judas. Betrothed to the victim, Judas is being blamed for the murder, but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will findor whom she will lose.

Rise back up to the floating city of Internment in this original enovella, a dark look at life in the royal family after the events of Perfect Ruin.When King Furlow begins to treat Prince Azure as the heir apparent that he is, he takes him to see the re-education camps for wrong-thinkers. But as he enters the camps ,Azure discovers the dark underbelly of the kingdomand the king himself. His view of his father can never be the same, but what about his view of himself?

War rages everywhere and Morgan is caught in the middle in the haunting and satisfying conclusion (Kirkus Reviews) of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.The city is falling out of the skyMorgan always thought it was just a saying. A metaphor. The words of the dying. But as they look up at the floating island that was their home, Pen and Morgan make a horrible discoveryInternment is sinking.And its all Morgans fault.Corrupted from the inside by one terrible king and assailed from the outside for precious resources by another, Internment could be destroyed because Morgan couldnt keep a secret. As two wars become one, Morgan must find a way to bring her two worlds together to stop the kings that wage themOr face the furthest fall yet.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy: On the floating city of Internment, you can be anything you dream. Unless you approach the edge. Morgan Stockhour knows getting too close to the edge of Internment, the floating city in the clouds where she lives, can lead to madness. Even though her older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. If she ever wonders about the ground, and why it is forbidden, she takes solace in her best friend, Pen, and in Basil, the boy shes engaged to marry. Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially once she meets Judas. Betrothed to the victim, he is the boy being blamed for the murder, but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will find or whom she will lose.

A stunning debut YA novel, destined to blow the dystopian genre wide open The Handmaids Tale for a new generation. 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 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.

Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.After escaping Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home.The ground is a strange place where water falls from the sky as snow, and people watch moving pictures and visit speakeasies. A place where families can have as many children as they want, their dead are buried in vast gardens of bodies, and Internment is the feature of an amusement park.It is also a land at war.Everyone who fled Internment had their own reasons to escape their corrupt haven, but now theyre caught under the watchful eye of another king who wants to dominate his world. They may have made it to the ground, but have they dragged Internment with them?

Lauren DeStefanos complete, breathtaking, dystopian romance series, The Chemical Garden Trilogy. This bundle includes Wither, Fever, and Sever. WITHER: What if you knew exactly when you would die? Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb males only live to age twenty-five and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out 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. 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. FEVER: Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. SEVER: Time is running out for Rhine. With less than three years left until the virus claims her life, Rhine is desperate for answers. Having escaped torment at Vaughns mansion, she finds respite in the dilapidated home of her husbands uncle, an eccentric inventor who hates Vaughn almost as much as Rhine does.

Aujourd’hui, il est le légendaire Capitaine Crochet. Mais tout commence avec l’histoire d’un frère et une soeur… Les jumeaux James et Marlène se sont toujours sentis en décalage avec leur entoura

Rhine sest enfuie de sa prison dorée avec son ami Gabriel. Dans un monde impitoyable où lespérance de vie ne dépasse pas vingt-cinq ans, la malveillance des hommes est pire que la mort. Échappée dun

Lheure tourne... Le vingtième anniversaire de Rhine approche...lâge de sa mort annoncée. Après avoir enduré les pires tortures de la part de Vaughn, son geôlier, la jeune fille trouve un allié inatte

Lhumanité croyait son avenir assuré. La science avait créé des enfants parfaits, immunisés contre toutes les maladies. Mais qui pouvait imaginer le prix à payer ? Car désormais, personne ne survit au

Rise back up to the floating city of Internment in this original e-novella, a dark look at life in the royal family after the events of Perfect Ruin. When King Furlow begins to treat Prince Azure as the heir apparent that he is, he takes him to see the re-education camps for wrong-thinkers. But as he enters the camps, Azure discovers the dark underbelly of the kingdom and the king himself. His view of his father can never be the same, but what about his view of himself?

Before Morgan, there was Daphne, the girl who asked too many questions and changed everything This original e-novella set in the world of The Internment Chronicles is a gripping prequel to Perfect Ruin. In this look back at Daphne, before her subversive paper led to her murder by order of the king, Daphne witnesses her seven-year-old sister Amy having a seizure-like event, a result of injuries sustained when she wandered too close to the Edge. Government doctors insist these seizures are punishment for Amys bad behavior, but Daphne disagrees. Obsessed with finding out what lured her sister out there to the Edge to begin with, Daphne leads Judas, her betrothed, a young man with his own secrets, on an expedition near the Edge to reconstruct her sisters fateful event. But how close is too close?

Rhine is caught between her unquiet past and her uncertain future in this third book in the riveting, New York Times bestselling dystopian young adult trilogy reminiscent of The Handmaids Tale. Time is ticking down until the virus takes its toll, and Rhine is desperate for answers. After enduring Vaughns worst, Rhine finds an unlikely ally in his brother, an eccentric inventor named Reed, and she takes refuge in his dilapidated house. But the people she left refuse to stay in the pastwhile Gabriel haunts Rhines memories, Cecily is determined to be at Rhines side, even if Lindens feelings are still caught between them.Meanwhile, her twin brother Rowans growing involvement in an underground resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something that cannot be undone. And what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future and for the past her parents never had the chance to explainforcing Rhine to reconsider everything she thought to be true.