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Wild seed

Octavia E. Butler

1980245 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1980
first published
  • 1980Sidgwick and Jackson · 248 pages · ENGISBN 9780283985928
  • 1980Doubleday · 248 pages · ENGISBN 9780385151603
  • 1999Warner Books · 279 pages · ENGISBN 9780446606721
  • 2001Warner Books · 306 pages · ENGISBN 9780446676977
  • 2005SFBC · 245 pagesISBN 9780739456880
  • 1981Pocket · ENGISBN 9780671430665
  • 2000Gollancz · 256 pagesISBN 9780575071452
  • 2020Grand Central Publishing · 320 pagesISBN 9781538751480

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, nurture and heal, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves. She fears no one--until she meets Doro. From African jungles to the colonies of America, Doro and Anyanwu weave together a pattern of destiny that not even immortals can imagine.

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