“One of my favorite books. Ms. Butler goes way back in time and invents Doro, a disembodied character who routinely possesses people and uses their bodies like clothes. It's both a curse and a great power, because he can't die and he'll end up in the body of the person closest to him when the body he's in dies. And over time he begins "breeding" people according to his tastes. Usually he just prunes his particular stock, but once in a while he adds "wild seed" to his flock in the form of a rare and talented individual.
Enter Anyanwu, the nigh-immortal shapeshifting medicine woman who can heal people with a kiss. (Okay, it's more complicated and disgusting than that, but hey, it sounds cool.) They kinda make a good team. But she's wild in more than one way. . . .
Really fun, intriguing book about a dark guiding force among humanity . . . and what eventually comes of such "meddling." It's hard science fiction, but like most of her books, Ms. Butler makes it personal, too.”
swankivy wrote this review Monday, June 29 2009.
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