A multiple Hugo & Nebula Award winner's powerful saga of survival & destiny in a near-future dystopian America.One of the world's most respected authors ofscience fictionimagines an apocalyptic near-futureEarthwhere a remarkable young womandiscoversthat her destiny calls her to try & change the world around her.Octavia E. Butler'sbrilliant two-volumeEarthseedsaga offers a startling vision of an all-too-possible tomorrow, in which walls offer no protection from a civilization gone mad.Parable of the Sower:In the aftermath of worldwide ecological & economic apocalypse, minister's daughterLauren Oya Olaminaescapes the slaughter that claims the lives of her family & nearly every other member of their gatedCaliforniacommunity. Heading north with two young companions through anAmericanwasteland, the courageous young woman faces dangers at every turn while spreading the word of a remarkable new religion that...