bookbee commented on Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler (Patternmaster, #4)
An all-powerful ruler's son vies for control over the human race in this brilliant conclusion …
This is the first book Octavia Butler published, and the last chronologically in the Patternist series. I wasn't sure whether to start with this one, or Wild Seed, but am glad that I read this first - launched me right into Wild Seed and excited for the rest of the Patternist series.