Today’s Audible Daily Deal features the first book in Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy, but books two and three are also currently available in bargain-priced Kindle + Audible bundles.
Dawn: Xenogenesis, Book 1 (4.5/5 stars, priced at $3.95 in Audible format TODAY ONLY)
In a world devastated by nuclear war with humanity on the edge of extinction, aliens finally make contact.
They rescue those humans they can, keeping most survivors in suspended animation while the aliens begin the slow process of rehabilitating the planet.
When Lilith Iyapo is “awakened”, she finds that she has been chosen to revive her fellow humans in small groups by first preparing them to meet the utterly terrifying aliens, then training them to survive on the wilderness that the planet has become. But the aliens cannot help humanity without altering it forever.
Bonded to the aliens in ways no human has ever known, Lilith tries to fight them even as her own species comes to fear and loathe her. A stunning story of invasion and alien contact by one of science fiction’s finest writers.
Adulthood Rites – The Xenogenesis Trilogy Book 2 is currently priced at $4.53 in Kindle format with the option to add Audible narration for an additional $3.49 at the time of purchase. Since the Audible edition alone is currently priced at $14.95, buying the bundle offers a savings of over $6 versus buying the Audible book alone.
As humans and Oankali struggle to live together, the future of both species rests in the hands of Lilith’s hybrid son
Nuclear war had nearly destroyed mankind when the Oankali came to the rescue, saving humanity—but at a price. The Oankali survive by mixing their DNA with that of other species, and now on Earth they have permitted no child to be born without an Oankali parent. The first true hybrid is a boy named Akin—son of Lilith Iyapo— and to the naked eye he looks human, for now.
He is born with extraordinary sensory powers, understanding speech at birth, speaking in sentences at two months old, and soon developing the ability to see at the molecular level. More powerful than any human or Oankali, he will be the architect of both races’ intergalactic future. But before he can carry this new species into the stars, Akin must decide which unlucky souls will stay behind.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.
Imago – The Xenogenesis Trilogy Book 3 is currently priced at $6.99 in Kindle format with the option to add Audible narration for an additional $3.49 at the time of purchase. Since the Audible edition alone is currently priced at $11.95, buying the bundle gets you both books for less than the cost of the Audible edition alone.
Child of two species, but part of neither, a new being must find his way
Human and Oankali have been mating since the aliens first came to Earth to rescue the few survivors of an annihilating nuclear war. The Oankali began a massive breeding project, guided by the ooloi, a sexless subspecies capable of manipulating DNA, in the hope of eventually creating a perfect starfaring race.
Jodahs is supposed to be just another hybrid of human and Oankali, but as he begins his transformation to adulthood he finds himself becoming ooloi—the first ever born to a human mother. As his body changes, Jodahs develops the ability to shapeshift, manipulate matter, and cure or create disease at will. If this frightened young man is able to master his new identity, Jodahs could prove the savior of what’s left of mankind. Or, if he is not careful, he could become a plague that will destroy this new race once and for all.
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