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Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents / Kindred
Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents / Kindred Author:Octavia E. Butler Three novels in one — PARABLE OF THE SOWER — Lauren Olamina is an empath, crippled by the pain of others. Cloistered inside the neighborhood enclave in a U.S. where the distance between the have and the have-nots has widened to a gaping chasm, she lives a protected life. But one night, violence explodes, and the walls of her neigh... more »borhood are smashed, annihilating Laurens. Family and friends -- all she loves and knows. Now the empathy must face the world outside. Leading a tiny band of desperate followers through a thousand miles of Hell, she is a prophet bearing nothing but the promises of new life and a new faith...Earthseed.
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS
Lauren Olamina's love is divided among her young daughter, her community, and the revelation that led Lauren to found a new faith that teaches "God Is Change." But in the wake of environmental and economic chaos, the U.S. government turns a blind eye to violent bigots who consider the mere existence of a black female leader a threat. And soon Lauren must either sacrifice her child and her followers -- or forsake the religion that can transform human destiny.
KINDRED
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South.« less