Wild seed
Readers rate it 4.0 (171 on Hardcover)
306 pages · Released 2001 · Warner Books
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Wild Seed is a complex science fiction novel by a major author that spans centuries and explores power dynamics, bodily autonomy, and identity through immortal characters with extraordinary abilities. The narrative contains sexual content, psychological manipulation, and violence intertwined with themes of survival and resistance. While it offers sophisticated character development and explores African diaspora themes, its mature content and morally ambiguous relationships make it better suited for older teens and adults than younger readers.
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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 n... 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.
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- Fiction in English
- Fiction
- Sex role
- Women healers
- African American women
- Gender identity
- FICTION / Science Fiction
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- Fiction, science fiction, general
- African americans, fiction
- Love stories
- Science fiction
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ISBN 9780446676977 · Warner Books