I don't know how I missed it before now''A masterpiece by a matchless artist. I couldn't put it down''Emotionally and viscerally alive and challenging. What readers are saying about Octavia Butler: 'Kindred was written in 1979 but could have been written last year. Butler's award-winning novel is an almost-prophetic take on our world today. But under a tyrannical religious regime who consider the mere existence of a black female leader a threat, Lauren knows she must soon either sacrifice her daughter and her followers - or forsake the beliefs that could transform human destiny. In her journals, Lauren Olamina tells of a great love divided between her young daughter, her community and the revelation that led her to found a new faith that teaches 'God Is Change'.

There are many things she needs to know: how her country could embrace a violent, far-right President promising to make America great again, why they turned a blind eye to the suffering - and the truth about her mother.

for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler's novel may be unmatched' New Yorker In order for me to understand who I am, I must begin to understand who she was. A powerful reading from three standout narrators captures the multi-generational sweep of this poignant tale.'In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time. Butler's fluid writing and keen observations about race, gender, politics, and religion make for a moving parable that will be pondered for generations. Butler wrote sixteen novels and novellas, multiple collections and chapbooks, and many published essays. Directly opposed is Lauren Olamina, founder of Earthseed-a new faith that teaches 'God Is Change.' Persecuted for 'heathen' beliefs as much as for having a black female leader, Earthseed's followers face a life-and-death struggle to preserve their vision. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous, bigoted tyrant wins his way into the White House. Assault, theft, sexual abuse, slavery, and murder are commonplace. Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of horrifying depravity.

Parable of the Talents was selected as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Butler's acclaimed novels have won numerous awards, and she is a recipient of a 'genius' grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

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