A master storyteller with a voice that cradles and captivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and ignorance, and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature."- Washington Post Book World "Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction-period. "Brilliant, endlessly rich.pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale."- John Green, New York Times (on Parable of the Sower) "An internationally acclaimed science fiction writer whose evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human."- New York Times
It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written."- Viola Davis " Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life. But before he can carry this new species into the stars, Akin must reconcile with his own heritage in a world already torn in two. More powerful than any human or Oankali, he will be the architect of both races' future. He can see at a molecular level and kill with a touch. But as the first true human-alien hybrid, he is born understanding language, then starts to form sentences at two months old. They are determined that the only way forward is for the two races to produce a new hybrid species-and they will not tolerate rebellion. They value the intelligence they see in humankind but also know that the species-rigidly bound to destructive social hierarchies-is destined for failure. The Oankali are able to read and mutate genetic code, and they use these skills for their own survival, interbreeding with new species to constantly adapt and evolve. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain death. In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin isthe first "construct"-part man/part alien.īook Synopsis From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future. About the Book Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn", this book is thestory of Lilith's only son, Akin.
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