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Patternmaster

Patternmaster

Dark FantasyFantasy
Pages
208
Published
1976
Language
English

Synopsis

In a future Earth ravaged by disease, humanity has split into two factions: the telepathic Patternmasters and the animalistic Clayarks. Young Teray, a powerful but untrained telepath, must navigate this dangerous world and confront his destiny within the Patternmaster hierarchy. He faces a brutal struggle for power and survival against his own family, determining the fate of both human and Clayark societies.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseComplex
Chosen OneSurvivalFamily Saga

Genres

Dark Fantasy Fantasy Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Authors

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Octavia E. Butler

An American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. [Comment by Tricia Sullivan, on The Guardian][1]: Octavia E Butler (1947–2006) > I was teaching in New York when I came across Octavia E Butler's Kindred in a secondary-school catalogue of novels recommended to support diversity. It caught my attention because Butler was described as a science-fiction writer. I thought I was familiar with science fiction, but I'd never heard of her...