title: Lilith's Brood
author:  Octavia E. Butler 
description: "SHOWS THE AUTHOR AT THE HEIGHT OF HER IMAGINATIVE AND WRITING POWERS". -- Essence
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  BROOD OF THE WITCH-QUEEN
  
  
  [PREFATORY NOTICE](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos6774)
  
  [CHAPTER I. ANTONY FERRARA](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos7239)
  
  [CHAPTER II. THE PHANTOM HANDS](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos25804)
  
  [CHAPTER III. THE RING OF THOTH](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos40018)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. AT FERRARA'S CHAMBERS](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos64207)
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE BEETLES](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos106127)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. SIR ELWIN GROVES'S PATIENT](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos117664)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. THE SECRET OF DHOON](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos129551)
  
  [CHAPTER IX. THE POLISH JEWESS](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#filepos146005)
  
  [CHAPTER X. THE LAUGHTER](BROOD%20OF%20THE%20WITCH-
  QUEEN_split_001.html#f