Octavia E. Butler 3 Book Set (Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Kindred)

Octavia E. Butler Collection brings together three novels set against fractured versions of America, where personal survival and wider social upheaval collide. Across the collection, Butler presents characters navigating violence, power and the consequences of a society in crisis.

In Parable of the Sower, Lauren Olamina documents a chaotic world in her journal while living with an extraordinary ability to feel other people’s pain. Parable of the Talents follows Asha as she tries to understand her country’s descent into extremism and uncover the truth about her mother. In Kindred, Dana is pulled between 1976 and 1815, repeatedly summoned to a Maryland plantation by a boy whose life she keeps saving.

Included titles

• Parable of the Sower
• Parable of the Talents
• Kindred

Key details

• Three-book set by Octavia E. Butler
• Includes Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents and Kindred
• Set in America across different time periods and social conditions

Synopses

Parable of the Sower

America is in chaos, where violence dominates and safety belongs to the rich and powerful. Lauren Olamina, a young woman who feels the pain of others as her own, records what she witnesses in her journal. After one terrible night changes everything, she must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves.

Parable of the Talents

Asha is born into a broken world and searches for understanding of who she is by learning who her mother was. She wants to know how her country could embrace a violent, far-right President promising to make America great again, why people ignored suffering, and what the truth is about her mother.

Kindred

In 1976, Dana dreams of becoming a writer; in 1815, she is assumed to be a slave. When she first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he is drowning and she saves him, only for it to happen again and again. Neither of them understands his ability to summon her whenever his life is threatened, or the meaning of the ties between them.