Parable of the Talents

By Octavia E. Butler

Subjects: Dystopies, Fiction, political, Literary, Science fiction, Audiobooks, Fiction, American literature, Twenty-first century, Young women, Jeunes femmes, award:nebula_award=novel, Vingt et unième siècle, Romans, nouvelles, California, fiction, Young women, fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Roman américain, American fiction, Dystopias, African americans, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, contemporary, General

Description: Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government. This is the story of the group's struggle to preserve its vision. As the government turns a blind eye to the violent bigots who consider a black female leader a threat, Lauren Olamina must either sacrifice her child and her followers or forsake her religion. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence,