num_pages: 299
description: In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.
language: English
title: Parable of the Sower
titlecomplete: Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
characters: Lauren Olamina
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Novels, Audiobook
ratings_count: 152324
places: California
series: Earthseed
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel
publisher: Four Wallls Eight Windows