{"product_id":"liliths-brood-complete-3-book-collection-dawn-adulthood-rites-imago-by-octavia-e-butler-paperback","title":"Lilith's Brood – Complete 3 Book Collection: Dawn, Adulthood Rites \u0026 Imago - By Octavia E. Butler - Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnter Octavia E. Butler's visionary world of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLilith's Brood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the complete three-book science-fiction trilogy originally known as the Xenogenesis series. Following humanity after a devastating nuclear war, the trilogy explores alien contact, genetic transformation, identity, survival, power, and the future of the human species through the experiences of Lilith Iyapo and the Oankali. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll of our books are brand new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitles in This Set \/ Includes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDawn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdulthood Rites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDawn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e introduces Lilith Iyapo, who awakens centuries after a nuclear apocalypse to discover that humanity has been rescued by the Oankali, an alien species capable of healing the damaged Earth. Lilith is given the opportunity to help humanity return to the planet, but the Oankali have their own plans for the future of the species.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdulthood Rites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Akin, Lilith's son and a human-Oankali hybrid, as he grows up on a newly repopulated Earth. His experiences bring him into conflict with both the Oankali and humans who resist their genetic intervention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e concludes the trilogy through the story of Jodahs, a human-Oankali hybrid whose extraordinary development challenges conventional ideas of identity, gender, family, and humanity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy This Set Works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLilith's Brood trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a landmark work of speculative and science fiction, combining post-apocalyptic storytelling with themes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfrofuturism, alien-human relations, genetic transformation, race, gender, sexuality, consent, power, survival, and the future of humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe three novels should be read in order: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDawn → Adulthood Rites → Imago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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