Cover of Parable of the Talents

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Parable of the Talents

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Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Published
2017
  • Fiction
  • Twenty-first century
  • Young women
  • Science fiction
  • Dystopias
  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
  • California, fiction
  • African americans, fiction

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government. This is the story of the group's struggle to preserve its vision.

As the government turns a blind eye to the violent bigots who consider a black female leader a threat, Lauren Olamina must either sacrifice her child and her followers or forsake her religion. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence,