Parable Series 2 Book Set by Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents)

Parable Series 2 Book Set by Octavia E. Butler brings together two connected novels set in an America described as coming apart, where chaos is widespread, violence dominates and safety is largely reserved for the rich and powerful. The set follows Lauren Olamina, who records what she witnesses in her journals as the world around her fractures.

In Parable of the Sower, Lauren’s extraordinary ability to feel the pain of others shapes how she experiences this broken society. After one terrible night changes everything, she is driven to make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves, as her vision begins to take hold. Parable of the Talents continues through the perspective of Asha, who seeks to understand her country’s embrace of a violent far-right President and the truth about her mother, as Lauren’s writings describe love, community and the founding of a new faith that teaches “God Is Change”.

Included titles

• Parable of the Sower
• Parable of the Talents

Key details

• Two-book set
• By Octavia E. Butler
• Includes Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents
• Presented as journal narratives centred on Lauren Olamina

Synopses

Parable of the Sower

America is depicted as a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman who can feel the pain of others as her own, documents what she sees in her journal.

After one terrible night, everything changes beyond recognition, and she must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves. Her vision begins to become reality, and her hopes for a better way to live gain the power to change humanity.

Parable of the Talents

Asha is born into a broken world and wants to understand how her country could embrace a violent far-right President promising to make America great again, why suffering was ignored, and the truth about her mother.

In her journals, Lauren Olamina writes of a love divided between her daughter, her community and the revelation that led her to found a new faith teaching “God Is Change”. Under a tyrannical religious regime that views the existence of a black female leader as a threat, she faces a choice between sacrificing her daughter and followers or abandoning beliefs that could transform human destiny.