Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

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 ofChildren of Blood and Bone and An Ember in the Ashes. (From HarperTeen)

Blood Scionwas named one of thebest Canadian YA books of 2022 by CBC Books.

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Deborah Falaye is a Nigerian Canadian YA author based in Toronto. She grew up in Lagos.Blood Scionis her debut novel.