The release date for the English version of 'Parable of the Talents' by
Octavia E. Butler is Nov 2001. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The narrative of Lauren Olamina is continued in this Nebula Award–winning Parable of the Sower sequel set in the 1930s in a socially and economically downtrodden California. Lauren and her followers prepare, believing that their group should populate the stars. However, as a consequence of the emergence of zealots and the breakdown of society, Lauren's followers are sold into slavery, and her daughter is taken from her. Lauren now has to defend the new global order by fighting back.