02051cam a2200349 i 4500 546067650 TxGeo 20220106120000.0 211221s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781538753736 trade pbk. 1538753731 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1289622249 TxGeo rda Butler, Octavia E. Imago / Octavia E. Butler. First trade paperback edition. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2021. 288 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Xenogenesis ; 3 "Originally published in hardcover in 1989."--Colophon. "Since a nuclear war decimated the human population, the remaining humans began to rebuild their future by interbreeding with an alien race -- the Oankali -- who saved them from near-certain extinction. The Oankalis' greatest skill lies in the species' ability to constantly adapt and evolve, a process that is guided by their third sex, the ooloi, who are able to read and mutate genetic code. Now, for the first time in the humans' relationship with the Oankali, a human mother has given birth to an ooloi child: Jodahs. Throughout his childhood, Jodahs seemed to be a male human-alien hybrid. But when he reaches adolescence, Jodahs develops the ooloi abilities to shapeshift, manipulate DNA, cure and create disease, and more. Frightened and isolated, Jodahs must either come to terms with this new identity, learn to control new powers, and unite what's left of humankind -- or become the biggest threat to their survival."--Provided by publisher. 20220201. Genetic engineering Fiction. Science fiction. Extraterrestrial beings Fiction. Human-alien encounters Fiction. Xenogenesis ; 3. QS5