Lilith's Brood

LILITH'S BROOD collects all three volumes of the Xenogenesis trilogy: DAWN, ADULTHOOD RITES, and IMAGO. In this monumental work of social science fiction, an alien race called the Oankali rescue the few human survivors who remain after a nuclear war devastates the Earth. Oankali are genetic "traders," biologically impelled to improve their species by interbreeding with the other aliens they encounter. The Oankali make the Earth fit to live again so that they can establish human/Oankali communities; as time passes, humanity will essentially become absorbed into the Oankali species. Naturally, many humans are somewhat resistant to this scheme. The three books chronicle the evolving relationship between humans and Oankali over 100 years, told from the perspective of Lilith Iyapo, a human woman, and two of her half-human, half-alien children.