Lilith's Brood Series Octavia Butler 3 Book Set Imago, Adulthood Rites, Dawn

Lilith's Brood Series by Octavia Butler is a three-novel collection set in a future shaped by the Oankali, a race that intervened in humanity’s fate after a devastating war. Across the series, humans and Oankali live with the consequences of survival, change and resistance, as new generations face uncertain futures on Earth.

This set brings together Dawn, Adulthood Rites and Imago. Each novel follows a different perspective within the same world, beginning with Lilith Iyapo’s awakening into an unfamiliar reality and continuing through the lives of her children as they confront identity, power and what remains of humankind.

Included titles

• Dawn
• Adulthood Rites
• Imago

Key details

• Three-book set in the Lilith's Brood series
• Written by Octavia Butler
• Includes Dawn, Adulthood Rites and Imago

Synopses

Dawn

Lilith Iyapo wakes in a small white room with no doors or windows, remembering a devastating war and the loss of her husband and child. She is now among the Oankali, who rescued survivors from a ruined Earth and placed them into a long, deep sleep. Over centuries, the Oankali learned from the past, cured disease and healed the world.

Adulthood Rites

Lilith’s son Akin appears to be an ordinary child, living with his family on Earth in uneasy circumstances. The Oankali saved humanity years before, driven by a desire to create a new race of children, yet some still resist the salvation offered. As the first of his kind, Akin is more powerful than any other being, understanding the wish for human independence while fearing that humanity, left alone, will destroy itself again.

Imago

Jodahs is born from the union between humans and the Oankali, who saved humanity from destruction centuries earlier. As adulthood approaches, a metamorphosis takes him beyond gender and family and into an unknown that is both great and dangerous. Alone and afraid, he must accept his new identity, learn to control life-changing powers and unite what remains of humankind, or become the greatest threat to their survival.