Wild Seed is the first book in Butler's "Patternist Series". The main characters are Doro an immortal entity who can change bodies with those he has killed. He gathers slaves to selectively breed them to enhance the powers they inherit from him. Anwanyu is also immortal and a healer and shapeshifter Doro meets in 17th century Africa. He takes her as a wife and transports her along with his slaves to America. Anwanyu is powerful in her own way and becomes both lover and adversary of Doro. Doro's plans include breeding Anwanyu to some of his children in hopes that they gain some of her power and temper the bad characteristics they inherit from himself. The story is rich with many themes including race, slavery, gender, sexuality, and eugenics. The story ends with many possibilities open to the imagination. Now I need to read the rest of the series.
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