Imago

by Octavia E. Butler

Book Overview

"Since a nuclear war decimated the human population, the remaining humans began to rebuild their future by interbreeding with an alien race -- the Oankali -- who saved them from near-certain extinction. The Oankalis' greatest skill lies in the species' ability to constantly adapt and evolve, a process that is guided by their third sex, the ooloi, who are able to read and mutate genetic code. Now, for the first time in the humans' relationship with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538753731
• ISBN13: 9781538753736
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book...

this is a wonderful book, but buy "Lilith's Brood" instead, which includes this book and the other two in the trilogy.

A Great Conclusion to a Great Series

An outstandingly fine story! This is the third and final book of Xenogenesis, also published as "Lilith's Brood" (all 3 books in one cover; cheaper than buying them separately). See "Lilith's Brood" for reviews of the entire series. watziznaym@gmail.com

Imago

If you love watching scfi and not reading the books this is the writer to start with. The first in the xenogenesis series is Dawn I could not put the book down if you could image the earth been destroyed by nuclar war then a alien race comes and saves human kind. The second book Adulthood Rites answer's the question what will the future look like for human kind as a race then the third book Imago shows you what you will become. If you have not read these books you are missing some great writing from a different point of view.

Payoff time for readers who read the first two books

Wow! What a great ending to the series! The strange story finally came together superbly. The writing is excellent. There were plot twists, an interesting main protagonist, a weaving together of all the characters and their fates from the first two books of the series, Dawn and Adulthood Rites. I highly recommend this but suggest that you read the other two books first to get the full effect.

best of the series

By focusing down on one character, more or less, this third book in the series provides the greatest entertainment and the greatest means of connection between characters, situations and reader. Of course the book cannot not stand on its own, generally a sign of greatness in a book, but in series that is to be expected.