![]() She can transform her own body, including healing it of wounds and diseases, and she can turn into anything she's seen (or tasted). He started his own breeding program centuries ago, and now he has "colonies" of minions and descendants all over the world.Īnyanwu is a shapeshifter. This makes him immortal and practically unkillable - his current body can be killed, but he'll just take over the killer's body. He has the power of body transference whenever his host body dies (or when he wills it), he can move his consciousness to a new body, killing the former owner in the process. Sinister" is Doro, born thousands of years ago among the ancient Nubians. Which sounds an awful lot like the plot of a lot of X-Men stories, doesn't it?īutler's "Mr. But Wild Seed is basically about two people born with superhuman powers (including immortality) being born centuries ago, discovering each other, and then trying to guide other "gifted" beings (most of them being their descendants) along very different paths, down through the generations. ![]() ![]() There are no epic super-powered battles, and the word "mutant" is never used (nor any other four-colored neologisms for superbeings). If you've ever wondered what the X-Men written by Octavia Butler would look like, this is that book. ![]() ![]() Together they weave a pattern of destiny unimaginable to mortals. Anyanwu is a shapeshifter who can absorb bullets and heal with a kiss and savage anyone who threatens her. Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflexor design. ![]()
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