Books Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

"Kindred" by Octavia E. Butler is a science fiction novel centered around Dana, a young African-American woman living in 1976 Los Angeles, who is mysteriously and involuntarily transported back in time to the early 19th-century American South. Dana repeatedly travels back to save Rufus, a white boy who is her ancestor, ensuring the survival of her future family line.​

Through these time-travel episodes, Dana experiences firsthand the brutal realities of slavery, confronting the physical and emotional horrors endured by enslaved people. The story explores her complex relationship with Rufus, who is both a slave owner and someone whose life she must protect to secure her own existence in the present.