{"product_id":"wild-seed-patternist-2","title":"Wild Seed (Patternist #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Octavia E. Butler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrand Central Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6\/23\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781538784235\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the first book of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/collections\/patternist-series\" title=\"Patternist Series\"\u003ePatternist\u003c\/a\u003e series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together and changing the destiny of the human race.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis deluxe edition includes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new cover and package\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePremium French flaps and newly designed, full-color interior covers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-quality paper with elegant deckled-edges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. She can heal with a bite and transform her own body, mending injuries and reversing aging. She uses her powers to cure her neighbors and birth entire tribes, surrounding herself with kindred who both fear and respect her. No one poses a true threat to Anyanwu--until she meets Doro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWild Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that shifted my life...It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written.\" -- Viola Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"More than any novel I've ever read, Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eWild Seed\u003c\/i\u003e examines power, what it means to wield it responsibly and what it means to resist it when it is wielded capriciously.\" -- Rion Amilcar Scott, PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eInsurrections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/parable-of-the-sower\" title=\"Parable of the Sower\"\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53871771746587,"sku":"Wild Seed NEW","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/812EmvO86XL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788469295","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/wild-seed-patternist-2","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}