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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

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Also by Octavia E. Butler:

Patternmaster, July 2026
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Clay's Ark, July 2026
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Adulthood Rites, March 2023
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Fledgling, November 2022
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Imago, January 2022
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Adulthood Rites, September 2021
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Dawn, April 2021
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Patternmaster, January 2021
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Parable of the Talents, August 2019
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Mind of My Mind, July 2012
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Wild Seed, July 2012
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Wastelands, January 2008
Paperback
Fledgling, September 2005
Hardcover
Kindred, February 2004
Trade Size (reprint)
Parable of the Talents, November 2001
Paperback (reprint)
Dawn, April 2001
Paperback (reprint)
Wild Seed, February 1999
Paperback (reprint)
Patternmaster, May 1997
Paperback (reprint)
Imago, April 1997
Paperback (reprint)
Adulthood Rites, April 1997
Paperback
Parable of the Sower, February 1995
Paperback (reprint)
Mind of My Mind, August 1994
Paperback (reprint)

PARABLE OF THE TALENTS
By: Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler continues the compelling story of Lauren Olamina and her struggle for survival in a socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s.

Warner Aspect
November 2001
464 pages
ISBN: 0446610380
Paperback (reprint)
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Convinced that her quiet community, Acorn, should chart humankind's destiny by leaving Earth and peacefully colonizing the stars, Lauren and her faithful followers make preparations. But the sudden collapse of society and the reckless rise of fanatics threaten Acorn's very existence. Now, with her followers brutally enslaved and her own daughter stolen from her, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order...or die trying.

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