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Die Oankali, interstellare Genhandelnde, erkennen die Menschheit als Bedrohung für die Evolution des Lebens und entfernen ihr das Recht zu reproduzieren. Aus den vererbten Taten entsteht eine neue Rasse: die Konstruierten – genetische Mischlinge aus Oankali und Menschen. Trotz der Hoffnung, die sie aufbringen, gelingt es ihnen erst, als Jodahs, ein geschlechtsloser Konstruierten mit menschlicher Erscheinung, durch seine Gabe der genetischen Heilung, einen Brückenschlag nach Erde zu schaffen. Seine Ankunft markiert den Ansatz einer schrittweisen Überwindung des Feindes und nutzt zugleich die universellste Macht – die sexuelle Anziehung – als stärkste Waffe im Kosmos.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Octavia E. Butler
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