This powerful graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel
stands beside the acclaimed previous graphic novel adaptations Kindred a #1 New York Times
bestseller and Parable of the Sower winner of the Hugo Award Octavia E. Butler's Parable of
the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina.
Brought to life by Damian Duffy and John Jennings the creative team behind the #1 New York
Times bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Parable of the Talents is told in the
voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter Asha Vere-from whom she has been separated for most of the
girl's life-interspersed with sections in the form of Lauren's own journals. Against a
background of a war-torn continent under the control of a Christian fundamentalist fascist
state Asha searches for answers about her own past while struggling to reconcile with her
mother's legacy-caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind
into a better future among the stars. Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction
masterpieces are essential works in feminist Afrofuturist and fantasy genres and this
compelling graphic novel adaptation of Parable of the Talents is a major event.
