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In the aftermath of Earth's final war, Lilith awakens to see a shadowy figure -- Jdahya, one of the Oankali, a race that has decided to save the human race from itself. Lilith learns that the Oankali are gene traders who interbreed with failing species so that both races can survive. Jdahya proposes that Lilith mate …

Kindred is the bestselling novel by American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler. Part time-travel tale and part slave narrative, it was first published in 1979 and is still widely popular; it is regularly chosen as a text for community-wide reading programs and book organizations, as well as being a common …

The third book in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy.

Fledgling is a science fiction vampire novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler, published in 2005.

One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the …

Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only and rather brief collection of science fiction stories and essays by Octavia E. Butler. Each story features an afterword by Butler. "Bloodchild", the title story, won both Hugo Award and Nebula Award.