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Earthseed Series

This series plunges into a dystopian future ravaged by climate change and societal collapse. It follows a young woman striving to survive in a harsh world where empathy can be both a curse and a gift. It's a story of resilience, the search for hope, and the founding of a new faith for humanity's survivors. These works explore how individuals can confront global catastrophe and shape the future.

Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Sower

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Parable of the Sower

    • 299 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    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.

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    4.2

  2. Parable of the Talents

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    In order for me to understand who I am, I must begin to understand who she was. Asha was born into a broken world. There are many things she needs to know: how her country could embrace a violent, far-right President promising to make America great again, why they turned a blind eye to the suffering - and the truth about her mother. In her journals, Lauren Olamina tells of a great love divided between her young daughter, her community and the revelation that led her to found a new faith that teaches 'God Is Change'. But under a tyrannical religious regime who consider the mere existence of a black female leader a threat, Lauren knows she must soon either sacrifice her daughter and her followers - or forsake the beliefs that could transform human destiny.

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    4.3