![]() ![]() The story shows us yet another unavoidable step in the cultural and genetic assimilation between humans and Oankali. The novel brings to a completions what the previous volumes had started, both in terms of themes and plot. The style is otherwise unchanged: as usual Butler employs an unassuming, straightforward prose to effectively deliver inherently alien and disquieting concepts. ![]() Jodahs uses its newfound abilities to heal two siblings and mating with them, leading to yet another attempt of interaction between Oankali and resisting humans.Īnalysis: Unlike other books of the series, Imago is written in first person, thus fully immersing the reader in Jodahs’s unique point of view. Jodahs goes into exile in the forest, where it stumbles upon the last surviving group of independently fertile humans, who are however severely inbred and plagues by genetic diseases. Such a revelation is as shocking for the protagonist as it is for its community, who consider it potentially dangerous. Originally supposed to be just another human-Oankali hybrid, Jodahs however turns out to be an ooloi – the first ever born to a human mother. Synopsis: Imago tells us the story of Jodahs, another child of Lilith. Standalone or Series: Third book of the Xenogenesis series (a.k.a. ![]()
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