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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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Doro: A spirit that cannot be killed, because on death he jumps to into the nearest available body.
- Anyanwu: A shapechanger that can heal herself of anything.
- Isaac: One of Doro's most talented sons.
- Nweke: One of Anyanwu's daughters.
- Thomas: A telepath.
- Stephen: One of Anyanwu's most talented sons.
- Joseph Toler: A descendant of Anyanwu and Doro.
- Helen: One of Anyanwu's daughters.
- Luisa: An old white woman who befriends Anyanwu.
First Sentence edit
Doro discovered the woman by accident when he went to see what was left of one of his seed villages.
Table of Contents edit
Book I: Covenant 1690
Chapters 1-6
Book II: Lot's Children 1741
Chapters 7-10
Book III: Canaan 1840
Chapters 11-14; Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Patternist. (standard series)
Followed by Mind of My Mind.
This is book 21 of 40 in SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, and followed by The Snow Queen.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Octavia E. Butler (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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