Seed to Harvest: Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay's Ark, and Patternmaster

The complete Patternist seriesButler's acclaimed vision of a world transformed by a secret race of telepaths and the violence, intolerance, and plague that follow their rise to powerIn the late seventeenth century, two immortals meet in an African forest.

Anyanwu is a healer, a three-hundred-year-old woman who uses her wisdom to help those around her.

The other is Doro, a malevolent despot who has mastered the power of stealing the bodies of others when his wears out.

Together they will change the world.Over the next three centuries, Doro mounts a colossal selective breeding project, attempting to create a master race of telepaths.

He succeeds beyond his wildest dreams, splitting the human race down the middle and establishing a new world order dominated by the most manipulative minds on Earth.In these four novels, Butler tells the story that began her legendary career: a mythic tale of the transformation of civilization.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E.

Butler including rare images from the author's estate.