The groundbreaking sci-fi and speculative fiction author was a master of spinning imaginative tales that introduced you to both the possibilities - and dangers - of the human race, all while offering lessons on tribalism, race, gender, and sexuality.' 'If we're talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, the one-and-only Octavia Butler needs be a part of the conversation. It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written.' ' Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life. 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. No one poses a true threat to Anyanwu - until she meets Doro. She uses her powers to cure her neighbors and birth entire tribes, surrounding herself with kindred who both fear and respect her. She can heal with a bite and transform her own body, mending injuries and reversing aging.

He fears no one - until he meets Anyanwu.Īnyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. In an 'epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race (Viola Davis).ĭoro knows no higher authority than himself.

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