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Clay's ark / Octavia E. Butler.
"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."--bn.com
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538751503
- ISBN: 153875150X
- Physical Description: 230 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2020.
- Copyright: ©1984
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes reading group guide. |
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| Subject: | Kidnapping > Fiction. Infection > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. |
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Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rolla Public.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolla Public Library | FIC BUT (Text) | 38256101847303 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary
Clay's Ark
A powerful story of survival in unprecedented times, from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. In an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare, Blake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to an isolated compound. There, the three captives discover that the compound's residents have a highly contagious alien disease that has mutated their DNA to make them powerful, dangerous, and compelled to infect others. If Blake and his daughters do not escape, they will be infected with a virus that will either kill them outright or transform them into outcasts whose very existence is a threat to the world around them. In the following hours, Blake and his daughters each must make a vital choice: risk everything to escape and warn the rest of the world, or accept their new reality -- as well as the uncertain fate of the human race.
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