Blood Scion

 This is what they deserve.

They wanted me to be a monster.

I will be the worst monster they ever created.

Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.

Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.

Following one girl’s journey of magic, injustice, power, and revenge, Deborah Falaye’s debut novel, inspired by Yoruba-Nigerian mythology, is a magnetic combination of Children of Blood and Bone and An Ember in the Ashes.

One girl. An army that wants her dead. A power that could burn them all to the ground.

• Yoruba-Inspired Fantasy: Descend into a world of Orisha gods, powerful magic called àse, and a heroine who is a child of the fire god, Shango.
• A Brutal Military Fantasy: Drafted into the very army that slaughtered her people, Sloane must survive their bloody training to become the weapon that tears them apart from the inside.
• High-Stakes Dystopian World: Under the tyrannical rule of the Lucis, being a Scion is a death sentence. To survive, Sloane must hide who she is—and what she can do.
• A Morally Grey Heroine: They wanted a monster, and Sloane is determined to become the worst they ever created. But how much of herself will she have to sacrifice for revenge?