Blood Scion
2022 young adult fantasy novel by Deborah Falaye
Blood Scion is a 2022 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian Canadian writer Deborah Falaye. Falaye's debut novel, inspired by Nigerian and Yoruba mythology, was published on 8 March 2022 by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins as the first book in a planned series.
Quotes
edit- You are more than what they say you are, Sloane
- (Page 70).
- They’d sooner destroy you for fear of what they do not understand”
- (Page 85).
- “I am only half of what I really am. I cannot afford to be whole”
- (Page 16).
- Make me normal. Make me whole. Make me like them. Make me worthy of life”
- (Page 195).
- They feared us, feared our advanced weaponry, feared what we could do to their devilish practices and rituals, and so they tried to eliminate us”
- (Page 70).
- They will destroy every last semblance of your humanity, and you cannot fight it, you cannot change it. Because from now on, they own you”
- (Page 75).
- It births such a ravenous beast . . . that not even the risk of failure is enough to sate its cravings”
- (Page 323)
- Treat something like a monster, and it will certainly learn to become a monster”
- (Page 325).
- As long as you live and walk this earth, you must make a mark”
- (Page 348).