Wild Seed |
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| Author:
| Butler, Octavia E. |
| Series title: | The Patternist Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4532-6544-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $11.99 |
Book Description:
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As the acclaimed Patternist science fiction series begins, two immortals meet in the long-ago past--and mankind's destiny is changed forever. For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of...
More Description As the acclaimed Patternist science fiction series begins, two immortals meet in the long-ago past--and mankind's destiny is changed forever.
For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of New World slavers destroys his village, ruining his grand experiment, Doro is forced to go west and begin anew.
He meets Anyanwu, a centuries-old woman whose means of immortality are as kind as his are cruel. She is a shapeshifter, capable of healing with a kiss, and she recognizes Doro as a tyrant. Though many humans have tried to kill them, these two demi-gods have never before met a rival. Now they begin a struggle that will last centuries and permanently alter the nature of humanity.
Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Octavia E. Butler's sweeping cross-century epic places her "among the best of contemporary SF writers" (Houston Chronicle).
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author's estate.