When Alanna flees a plague-scarred Earth to a new planet, she believes she has found a peaceful new home for humanity. Instead, she finds herself caught between two battling civilisations - the Kohn and Tehkohn. Now she must play a dangerous game to survive. Make alliances, while plotting betrayals. Assimilate, while retaining her humanity. Open her heart, while risking everything. Alanna knows that the mission of her fellow colonists is to preserve the human race. But what if the best way to retain her humanity is to leave it all behind?

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Octavia E. Butler
Butler er en amerikansk SF forfatterinde. Hun begyndte at skrive i 1971, men fik først udgivet sin første roman i 1976. Hendes første bøger var de fire i "Patternist" serien. I 1984 skrev hun novellen "Bloodchild" som vandt både Hugo og Nebula priserne. Senere skrev hun "Xenogenesis" serien; "Dawn", "Adulthood Rites" og "Imago". Hendes bog "Parable of the Sower" blev nomineret til en Nebula pris. Der er kommet en fortsættelse "Parable of the Talents."