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Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they’re still in danger. Outside, they find a world even more disquieting than the one they left behind. Determined to get to Manhattan and to find Rhine’s twin brother Rowan, the two press forward, amidst threats of being captured again . . . or... read more
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Characters edit
- Rhine: Was one of Linden's wives, but she ran away with one of the servants, Gabriel, who she loves. Main character and narrator. Has a twin brother she is searching for. Has a genetic anomaly which gives her two different colored eyes.
- Gabriel: Gabriel worked at the Governor's house until he ran away with Rhine. Male lead in this book. Love interest for Rhine.
- Lilac: Lilac is a girl in the Scarlet District; one of Madame's best prostitutes. She is hard and emotionally strong, though surprisingly nurturing. She has a malformed daughter named Maddie.
- Maddie: Maddie is a malformed girl. Her mother is Lilac, a prostitute held captive by Madame in the Scarlet District.
- Claire Lottner: First generation, tall, heavyset, with dark skin and a deep mellow voice. Runs Grace's Orphanage
- Silas: Oldest orphan at Grace's orphanage.
- Linden Ashby: Rhine's husband. Seems to be nice man, but completely oblivious to everything going on around him.
- Vaughn Ashby: Linden's father and Rhine's father-in-law. Cruel scientist.
- Cecily: Rhine's sister wife, young, red-headed and impetuous. Happy to be a sister wife and mother.
- Madame Soleski: First generation woman who runs a prostitution camp. Paranoid woman who names her girls after colors.
- Annabelle: Fortune teller
- Rowan Ellery: Rhine's twin brother
- Grace Lottner: Add a description of this character.
- Guiltree
- Nina
- Jared
- Greg
- Deirdre
- Jenna
- Lydia
- Elsa
- Rose
- Bowen
Quotes edit
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“Men will pay great money to see what they can't touch.”
Madame Soleski
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
We run, the water in our shoes and the smell of the ocean clinging to our frozen skin.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 27
Glossary edit
- Angel's blood: A drug that causes terrible dreams followed by memory loss, useful for keeping captives pliable.
- Gatherers: Grey-clad men who grab girls for marriage or prostitution.
- Pro-naturalist: Faction who thinks mankind should be allowed to die out already; violently oppose any attempt to find a cure for the virus.
- Heterochromia: Having two different colored eyes as a result of genetic mosaicism
- Malfie: unkind term for the genetically malformed
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in Chemical Garden Trilogy. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lauren DeStefano (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 21, 2012
ISBN: 9781442409071
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 21, 2012
ISBN: 9781442409071
Page Count: 368
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.D47 Fe 2012
- Dewey: 813
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