Wild Seed: Book Review
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler *may contain spoilers* Wild Seed is the story of Anyanwu, a shape-shifter, and Doro, a spirit that must continually take over other people's bodies in order to survive. Both are immortal. Anyanwu has found a way to control every aspect of her body and heal her own sickness and aging. She can also change her body to become a man or woman or animal. Doro was once alive but now is just a spirit destined to jump from one body to the next, taking over that person and thus killing them. Unable to find anyone like himself, Doro "lived" for centuries behaving like a selfish "god", seeking out others with unusual abilities to breed a kind of super-supernatural being, holding their lives in his hands. In his search, he meets Anyanwu and tricks her into leaving her home in Africa and going to North America. Their battle of wills rages for a century as Doro is unable to control Anyanwu and yet unable to live without her as she is unable t...