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Wild Seed Notes

First Patternist novel chronologically, third written

Characters

  • Anyanwu – Immortal African healer, can shape change. Mother of many children.
  • Doro – Immortal Egyptian/Nubian who has no body: moves from body to body killing the inhabitant. Compelled to breed more like him.

Themes

  • Slavery / Love
  • Evolution at what cost?

Plot

Anyanwu meets Doro and the two struggle to coexist in the era of slavery, as they move from Africa to the New World and both become involved in projects to breed super-humans.

An interesting, but not necessarily good introduction to the Patternist series that was clearly written as background material to the other novels in the series.