Wild seed
Butler, Octavia E.2020
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A Patternist Novel: a story of love and hate, in which two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race. Doro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one - until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. She can heal with a bite and transform her own body, mending injuries and reversing ageing. She uses her powers to cure her neighbours and birth entire tribes, surrounding herself with kindred who both fear and respect her. No one poses a true threat to Anyanwu - until she meets Doro. The moment Doro meets Anyanwu, he covets her; and from the villages of 17th-century Nigeria to 19th-century United States, their courtship becomes a power struggle that echoes through generations, irrevocably changing what it means to be human.
Wild seed / Octavia E. Butler.
Butler, Octavia E., author
London : Headline, 2020.©1980
307 pages ; 20 cm.
Patternists ; 1.
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1980.
9781472280992 (pbk)9781472280992 (paperback)
813.54
English
393826
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | BUTL | Available |