Wild Seed By Octavia E Butler

1981 Paperback

Pocketbooks

Good condition

Science- Fiction

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler is a science fiction novel about two immortal beings, Doro and Anyanwu, whose relationship spans centuries from 17th-century Africa to 19th-century America, exploring themes of power, slavery, and survival. Doro is a spirit who possesses humans to create a lineage of supernaturally gifted people, while Anyanwu is a healer and shapeshifter who resists his control, leading to a complex and often brutal power struggle that examines race, gender, and the meaning of humanity. It serves as a prequel to Butler's Patternist series, detailing the origins of the telepathic "pattern