Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)

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 Is A Shapeshifter Who Can Absorb Bullets And Heal With A Kiss...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. back In Print After Five Years, This Is Award-winning Octavia Butler's Thrilling Paternist Novel About A Reincarnate And A Healer Who Travel Together Through Exotic Lands And Centuries Of Time. Advertising In Locus, Science Fiction Chronicle And Amazing. Reissue. 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. 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 is a shapeshifter who can absorb bullets and heal with a kiss and savage anyone who threatens her. She fears no one until she meets Doro. Together they weave a pattern of destiny (from Africa to the New World) unimaginable to mortals. Doro is an immortal, body-stealing spirit who seeks and breeds outcasts with special abilities. He meets Anyanwu, an immortal, shape-shifting, healer woman who has the abilities he breeds for. She submits to him but refuses to be controlled by him An entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex, Doro fears no one until he meets Anyanwu, who can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves