Adulthood Rites - Octavia E. Butler Paperback buttoned up Daphne

buttoned up Daphne

she also struggles to reconcile with the legacy of a mother caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future

she yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire

we have to deal with this darker world we're faced with

but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is

Adulthood Rites - Octavia E. Butler Paperback buttoned up DaphneFrom the award winning author of Parable of the Sower : After the near extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future . . . or is doomed to self destruction. In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain death. But their salvation comes at a cost. The