The Chemical Garden Trilogy: Wither (Series #1) (Paperback)

from foggidawn

Wither is a dystopian book, set in a future North America where humans thought they had perfected genetic engineering . . . but they were wrong. After creating one perfect generation, they discovered that the children of that generation, though initially healthy and strong, died as young men and ...

from gubry

If I were to base my rating of Wither on the cover alone, I would have been prepared to easily rate the book five stars. But however, this is not the case with the book. I remember when I first stumbled upon the book months before it was published and I knew I wanted to love it. The pretty cover ...

from tapestry100

In an attempt to eliminate disease and create a perfect person, science has doomed the human race. The first generation of this new miracle are healthy and live normal lives. However, it's their children and all following children who are doomed. All men now die at 25, women at 20. It's a genetic...

from dizzyweasel

In a not-so-distant future where the rest of the world has been destroyed by war, humankind has been betrayed by the science they thought had saved it. Natural disease has been eliminated through genetic alteration, but at a terrible cost: the lifespan of the human male is 25, and the female 20, ...

from BookLover005

This was a book I just randomly picked up while I was waiting for another book in a different series, but I was hooked after the first few pages. This was overall a great book, and I'm excited to get the next one in the series.