Wild Seed // (Patternist Book 1)
Octavia E. Butler • Grand Central Publishing • ISBN-13 978‑1538751480
Wild Seed // (Patternist Book 1)
Octavia E. Butler • Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1538751488 · ISBN-13: 978‑1538751480 · 2020 · First Edition
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Spanning centuries and continents, this narrative follows the collision of two immortal beings: Doro, a body-hopping entity who breeds humans to serve his own ends, and Anyanwu, a powerful healer capable of physical transformation. Their complex, millennia-long struggle explores the intersection of power, autonomy, and the evolution of the human race. This foundational work of speculative fiction examines the ethical weight of immortality through the lens of two distinct, ancient perspectives.
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