Xenogenesis Author:Octavia E. Butler 3 in 1 Omnibus Volume containing all 3 books in the Xenogenesis Series, three science fiction novels in which all of humanity must share the world with uncanny, unimaginable alien creatures after war destroys Earth. — 1. "DAWN" -- Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Creatures co... more »vered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. They healed the planet, cured cancer, increased strength, and were now ready to help Lilith lead her people back to Earth -- but for a price.
2. "ADULTHOOD RITES" -- Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn", this book is the story of Lilith's only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin is the first "construct" -- part man/part alien.
3. "IMAGO" -- Jodahs is a construct, the product of human parents and an alien ooloi, living in a world of alien in-breeding, but he is less than satisfied with being less than human.« less