Bibliograph

Dawn, Octavia E. Butler

Type

Label

Dawn, Octavia E. Butler

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dawn

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Octavia E. Butler

Series statement

Xenogenesis series, bk. 1

Summary

Rescued from Earth's destruction, one woman is called upon to revive mankind. Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth, the last stage of the planet's final war. Hundreds of years later, Lilith awakes, deep in the hold of a massive alien spacecraft piloted by the Oankali, who arrived just in time to save humanity from extinction. They have kept Lilith and other survivors asleep for centuries, as they learned whatever they could about Earth. Now it is time for Lilith to lead them back to her home world, but life among the Oankali on the newly resettled planet will be nothing like it was before. The Oankali survive by genetically merging with primitive civilizations, whether their new hosts like it or not. For the first time since the nuclear holocaust, Earth will be inhabited. Grass will grow, animals will run, and people will learn to survive the planet's untamed wilderness. But their children will not be human. Not exactly. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler, including rare images from the author's estate

Target audience

adult

Classification