Scion, [ sahy-uhn ], noun.

A descendant, heir or young member of a familyAn offshoot grafted onto another for survivalWe’ll make a pact, an agreement, that this time next year we’ll all have a permanent home.”
But the actions of someone hiding in plain sight meant that pledge would remain unfulfilled.

The two disturbed young brothers abandoned by the guardians they believed were their birth parents. The schizophrenic son. The single young mother terrified by her pregnancy. The two teenage friends, one an orphan emotionally trapped in his past, the other looking towards the future after a horrific car crash. The unbalanced teenager intent on revenge.

Tragedy unfolds in this heart-warming but gritty urban murder mystery crime thriller as No Place for Scion? follows the traumatic coming of age journeys of a group of disparate individuals whose lives become entwined during their emotional search for somewhere to call home.

Written by a former child protection manager, No Place for Scion? explores family relationships and separation and loss against a background of county lines drug dealing and mental health breakdown through which enduring love and friendship ultimately endures, but not for all.