Hardcover, 245 pages
Published Dec. 25, 2005 by SBFC.
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.
This book tells the story of the relationship between Doro and Anyanwu, two beings with special powers - very different powers - and how they choose to use them. Wild Seed is a classic, one that is much needed in these times of crisis. Significant and radical.
Not as good as "Dawn" but still a very compelling read.
In the chronology of the Patternist books, this is the first book, but it was the last to be written. If I could do it over again, I would read the books in the order they were written rather than the order of the story. Octavia Butler clearly matured as a writer or at least developed her ideas for this series by the time she got tow writing Wild Seed. It's the best of the Patternist books.
