Dawn
By: Octavia E. Butler
Series: Xenogenesis trilogy -- bk. 1
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9781453263679
Copyright date: 1987
Subjects: Genetic engineering; Fiction; Human-alien encounters; FICTION; Fantasy; Contemporary; General; Persoonlijke integriteit; Genetisch materiaal; Menselijk lichaam
Description: "Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth--the last stage of the planet's final war. Hundreds of years later Lilith awakes, deep in the hold of a massive alien spacecraft piloted by the Oankali--who arrived just in time to save humanity from extinction. They have kept Lilith and other survivors asleep for centuries, as they learned whatever they could about Earth. Now it is time for Lilith to lead them back to her home world, but life among the Oankali on the newly resettled planet will be nothing like it was before. The Oankali survive by genetically merging with primitive civilizations--whether their new hosts like it or not. For the first time since the nuclear holocaust, Earth will be inhabited. Grass will grow, animals will run, and people will learn to survive the planet's untamed wilderness. But their children will not be human. Not exactly. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author's estate."--
Table of contents: title: Womb; title: Family; title: Nursery; title: The training floor; title: Preview: Adulthood rites; title: A biography of Octavia Butler