Clay's Ark Paperback - 1996

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Author: Butler, Octavia E.
ISBN: 9780446603706

by Butler, Octavia E

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About this book

Clay’s Ark is the last published novel in Octavia Butler’s Patternist Series. The novel is a prequel to others and documents the arrival of the Clay Ark disease that leads to the evolution of the mutant clayarks. The story is set in a near-future dystopia. Blake Maslin is a physician living in Southern California with his twin teenage daughters. They are kidnapped by Eli Doyle, the only survivor of Clay’s Ark spaceship that crashed in the desert. Eli is infected with a dangerous alien microorganism that gives him heightened senses and power but urges him to reproduce. He has isolated himself in the desert to stop the spread of the destructive. The organism kills many, but those who don’t succumb become powerful and have a strong desire to reproduce - mutant offspring that will eradicate the human race. Blake and his children have to decide whether to endanger themselves or humanity.

From the publisher

A gripping tale of survival as an alien pandemic irrevocably changes humanity, from the critically acclaimed author of Parable of the Sower.
In a violent near-future, Asa Elias Doyle and her companions encounter an alien life form so heinous and destructive, they exile themselves in the desert so as not to contaminate other humans. Resisting the compulsion to infect others is mental agony, but succumbing would mean relinquishing their humanity and free will. Desperate, they kidnap a doctor and his two daughters as they cross the wasteland -- and, in doing so, endanger the world.

First line

The wind had begun to blow before Blake Maslin left Needles on his way west toward Palos Verdes Enclave and home.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Clay's Ark has "First Edition" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The original cover art for Clay's Ark is by Lee Wade. "Design by Lee Wade" is stated on the copyright page, and "Jacket by Lee Wade" is printed on the back flap of the dust jacket.

Details

Title Clay's Ark
Author Butler, Octavia E
Binding Paperback
Edition [ Edition: First
Pages 224
Language ENG
Publisher Aspect, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date December 1, 1996
ISBN 9780446603706

About the author

OCTAVIA E. BUTLERwas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including Parable of the Sower, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.