Parable of the Talents is the sequel to Parable of the Sower. I loved both books.
Lauren Olamina's daughter Larkin aka Asha Vere is the narrator. The novel includes excerpts from Lauren's journal, as well as writings from Larkin's father and her uncle Marc.
Lauren's journals begin five years after she and her followers have settled and built an Earthseed community called Acorn on land owned by Lauren's husband. Things take a tragic turn when a group of "Christian" invaders take over Acorn, enslave the adults and take the children away to be raised in "good Christian" homes." The Acorn community members were enslaved for over a year, escaping when a storm and landside render their control collars useless.
I cried as I read the novel's bittersweet ending. Lauren is eventually able to fulfull her dream of building new Earthseed communities. She is reunited with her daughter who rejects her and her teachings. Larkin seems to blame her mother for her own unhappy childhood, even though she is kidnapped at two months old.
I have read three of Butler's novels; the first was Kindred. All three books were so good, I started rereading parts of them almost immediately. Butler is a wonderful writer.
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