SOLVED. [Sci-Fi] Virus causes reduced life span, Some live in a dome. Spoiler ahead... [s]

[Chris]

I probably read this 15 years ago, it may be young adult but the themes were more adult oriented.

World has a virus/infection that reduces the lifespan of humans (or inhibits reproduction). A group of human's live in a dome-city. Everyone outside the city is really young, roam in gangs, breed young.

*Spoiler* One girl inside the city is immune to the
virus, she was brought to the city as a baby. A doctor has been harvesting her eggs for tests while keeping this secret.

[Lisa]

Outlanders?

[Chris]

So close, but not quite right. Thanks for the effort though Lisa.

[Justanotherbiblophile]

Did people age faster?

There was a search done on accelerated aging here:
https://www.goodreads.com/comment/sho...

The suggestion was for an outbreak of disease...

[Chris]

I looked through that thread and didn't find what I was looking for. Similar, but again, thanks for the ideas.

[Justanotherbiblophile]

I guess I was also (badly) asking "What did terms did you search with? Have you tried using 'accelerating aging' (if that were appropriate to the book, since your write-up isn't clear what type of 'early death' characters were suffering)? Or maybe we can think of a different term which describes your early deaths that you've not tried searching on..."

[Lisa]

Beyond Eden?
http://cubbyhole.realmofeidolon.com/2...

[Chris]

Thanks Lisa, again similar but not the one I'm looking for.

[Chris]

Still looking for this book.

[Arielle]

bumping - any luck, Chris?

[Chris]

I did actually find it through a different site it's called

Mother Grimm

edit: Removing amazon link since Kris found it on goodreads

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, Chris. Thanks for the update. Here's the Goodreads link - Mother Grimm by Catherine Wells.