A young woman harnesses her newfound power to challenge the ruthless
man who controls her, in this brilliant and provocative novel from the
award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.
Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro,
has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with
unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of
humans who obey his every command. The result is Mary: a young black
woman living on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1970s, who has
no idea how much power she will soon wield.
Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his
previous experiments: dead, either by her own hand or Doro's. What he
doesn't suspect is that Mary's maturing telepathic abilities may soon
rival his own power. By linking telepaths with a viral pattern, she will
create the potential to break free of his control once and for all-and
shift the course of humanity.