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Éphémère

Éphémère

DystopianScience Fiction
Pages
349
Published
2011
Language
French

Synopsis

In a dystopian future Florida, a generation of humans immune to disease has given rise to descendants cursed to die by age twenty. Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellary is kidnapped by 'Collectors' and forced into marriage with Linden, a wealthy governor. To escape and find her twin brother, Rhine must navigate a treacherous household, gain the trust of her new family, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within the manor, where Linden's father conducts unsettling genetic experiments.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkTenseEmotional
SurvivalComing of AgeForced Proximity

Genres

Dystopian Science Fiction Young Adult

About the author

L
Lauren DeStefano

Lauren DeStefano was born October 13, 1984, in New Haven, Connecticut, and holds a BA in English with a creative writing concentration from Albertus Magnus College. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the dystopian Chemical Garden trilogy, comprising Wither, Fever, and Sever, in which a genetic disease kills women by twenty and men by twenty-five, and a teenage girl is forced into polygamous marriage to keep the population alive.

Characters

Rhine EllaryProtagonist
VaughAntagonist
Mr. LindenSupporting
CecilySupporting
JennaSupporting
All characters in Éphémère