Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

Amid all this, somehow, the United States of America suffered a major nonmilitary defeat. It lost no important war, yet it did not survive the Pox. Perhaps it simply lost sight of what it once intended to be, then blundered aimlessly until it exhausted itself.

support Jarret in his “heroic” effort to revive and reunify the country.

They don’t believe

Jarret’s a fascist. They don’t believe that the church burnings, witch burnings, and other abuses are Jarret’s doing. “Some of his followers are young and excitable,” Ramiro Peralta says. “Jarret will put their asses into uniform. Then they’ll learn some discipline. Jarret hates all this chaos the wa...