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Asa Elias Doyle and her companions encounter an alien life form so destructive that they exile themselves to the desert to avoid contaminating others, but their compulsion to infect others is overwhelming and, in a desperate plea for help, kidnap a doctor and his two daughters.... read more

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The wind had begun to blow before Blake Maslin left Needles on his way west toward Palos Verdes Enclave and home.

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This is book 3 of 5 in Patternist. (standard series)

Preceded by Mind of My Mind, and followed by Survivor.

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  1. Octavia E. Butler (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0312143214
Page Count: 201

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