Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents is set a few years after Parable of the Sower. Sower is the backstory. When I read Sower, it seemed like a backstory. You could read Talents without having read Sower - there are plenty of references to how they got there. I thought Parable of the Talents was better than Parable of the Sower. I complained that Sower didn't have a climax. Talents doesn't really either. The epilogue is what wraps it all up - finalizes the story. It's worth reading. It could happen.