The Xenogenesis Trilogy & The Parable Series By Octavia E. Butler 5 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

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We're a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time. America is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal. Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves. Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParable of the Talents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn order for me to understand who I am, I must begin to understand who she was. Asha was born into a broken world. There are many things she needs to know: how her country could embrace a violent, far-right President promising to make America great again, why they turned a blind eye to the suffering - and the truth about her mother. 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They spared those they could from the ruined Earth, and suspended them in a long, deep sleep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver centuries, the Oankali learned from the past, cured disease and healed the world. Now they want Lilith to lead her people back home. But salvation comes at a price - to restore humanity, it must be changed forever...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdulthood Rites\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLilith's son Akin looks like an ordinary child. His family live together on Earth, but not in complete peace. The Oankali saved humanity years before, compelled by the desire to create an extraordinary new race of children. But there are those who resist the Oankali and the salvation they offer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first of his kind, Akin is more powerful than any other being. He understands the desire to fight for the independence of humanity. He also fears that, if left alone, humanity will destroy itself again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when young Akin is stolen from Lilith and their hybrid family, he soon faces an impossible choice. But first he must reconcile with his own heritage in a world already torn in two.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImago\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJodahs is a child of the Earth and stars, born from the union between humans and the Oankali, who saved humanity from destruction centuries before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Jodahs is approaching adulthood, a metamorphosis that will take him beyond gender and family, and into a great but dangerous unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrightened and alone, Jodahs must come to terms with this new identity, learn to master lifechanging powers and bring together what's left of humankind - or become the biggest threat to their survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Parable Series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are coming apart. We're a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time. America is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal. Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves. Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParable of the Talents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn order for me to understand who I am, I must begin to understand who she was. Asha was born into a broken world. There are many things she needs to know: how her country could embrace a violent, far-right President promising to make America great again, why they turned a blind eye to the suffering - and the truth about her mother. In her journals, Lauren Olamina tells of a great love divided between her young daughter, her community and the revelation that led her to found a new faith that teaches 'God Is Change'. But under a tyrannical religious regime who consider the mere existence of a black female leader a threat, Lauren knows she must soon either sacrifice her daughter and her followers - or forsake the beliefs that could transform human destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e"}