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LILITH'S BROOD 3: the acclaimed trilogy concludes with the story of Jodah, child of the Earth and stars, who risks the future of humanity just by growing up.

An FX Network TV series adaptation with a pilot directed by Janicza Bravo (Zola), written by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen), and executive produced by Jacobs-Jenkins and Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain) The New York Times best-selling author's time-travel classic that makes us feel the horrors of American slavery and indicts our country's lack of progress on racial reconciliation"I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm."Dana's tormen...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2024. Klimawandel, Wirtschaftskrisen und ein politischer Rechtsruck haben das Leben in den USA von Grund auf verändert. Lauren Olamina lebt mit ihrer Familie in Kalifornien, relativ sicher vor Plünderern hinter hohen Mauern. Wer überleben will, muss Stärke zeigen, deswegen hütet Lauren ihr Geheimnis sorgfältig: Sie leidet an Hyperempathie - sie empfindet die Emotionen eines anderen Menschen so tief, als wären es ihre eig...

Since a nuclear war decimated the human population, the remaining humans began to rebuild their future by interbreeding with an alien race -- the Oankali -- who saved them from near-certain extinction. The Oankalis' greatest skill lies in the species' ability to constantly adapt and evolve, a process that is guided by their third sex, the ooloi, who are able to read and mutate genetic code. Now, for the first time in the humans' relationship w...

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The human race, now infertile, fights to maintain its identity when the alien species, Oankali, offers to trade genetic material and bioengineering at the price of metamorphosing a new kind of being."--]cProvided by publisher.

Butler's first new novel in seven years is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire.

A PATTERNIST NOVEL (4): an all-powerful ruler's son vies for control over humanity.

A PATTERNIST NOVEL (3): a powerful story of survival in unprecedented times.

A PATTERNIST NOVEL (2): a young woman comes into her own power and challenges the ruthless man who controls her.

A PATTERNIST NOVEL (1): It begins when two immortals meet in an African forest. Together they will change the world.

An all-powerful ruler's son vies for control over the human race in this brilliant conclusion to the Patternist saga, from the critically acclaimed author of Parable of the Sower.In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at his whim. The only threat to his power are the Clayarks, mutant humans...

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Doro ist ein Unsterblicher, der seit der Zeit der Pharaonen auf unserer Welt ist. Er beherrscht die Fähigkeit, menschliche Körper zu übernehmen, so meisterhaft, dass er nicht getötet werden kann. Seit tausend Jahren greift Doro immer wieder in die Geschicke eines kleinen afrikanischen Dorfes ein. Er entscheidet, wer mit wem Kinder zeugen darf, um so einen perfekten Menschen zu züchten. Doch eines Tages verwüsten Sklavenhändler sein Dorf und ne...

In an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare, Blake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to an isolated compound. There, the three captives discover that the compound's residents have a highly contagious alien disease that has mutated their DNA to make them powerful, dangerous, and compelled to in...

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A young woman harnesses her newfound power to challenge the ruthless man who controls her, in this brilliant and provocative novel from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of humans who obey his every command. The result is Mary:...

In an "epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant" story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together -- and changing the destiny of the human race (Viola Davis).Doro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of hi...

The sequel to Parable of the Sower by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.

The first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.