Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler Published: 4th June 2026

A stunning new contemporary edition of Octavia E. Butler's award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower. With an introduction by Akwaeke Emezi.

To understand who I am, I must begin to understand who she was.

There are many things Asha needs to know. How her country could embrace a presidential reign of terror and oppression, why the people turned a blind eye to the suffering - and the truth about her mother.

Reading the journals of Lauren Olamina, the mother she barely knew, Asha struggles to reconcile herself to the legacy of a woman caught between love for her daughter and her calling to lead humanity to a better future.

Author: Octavia E. Butler

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 4 June 2026 by Headline Publishing Group (Headline Book Publishing) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 416 pages
198 x 129