279 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1980 by Grand Central Publishing.
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, nurture and heal, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves. She fears no one--until she meets Doro. From African jungles to the colonies of America, Doro and Anyanwu weave together a pattern of destiny that not even immortals can imagine.
Excellent book. Butler has a wonderful way of describing how people live under duress. Doro isn't a person so much as he's a personification of slavery.
