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findthatbook2026-01-01 04:45 am
demeaninglion6) wrote in findthatbook2026-01-01 04:45 am
Trying to find this book again
I cannot remember the name of the book nor the author and this is basically my last resort, ive been trying to find it on and off since middle school and have been unsuccessful.
a kid is out with his parents (either at a dig site with his dad or at a picnic with him) and stumbles upon an arrowhead leftover from a war. the kid touches it and pricks his finger on it while also absorbing a sliver of the arrowhead and gains the power to absorb powers from other people (I can't remember if he has to kill them or not), he ends up falling in love with a snake demon lady? but she never reciprocates. and her dad was also the one the war was about. at the end of the book the evil guy goes back in time and changes history and that's how the book ends.
a kid is out with his parents (either at a dig site with his dad or at a picnic with him) and stumbles upon an arrowhead leftover from a war. the kid touches it and pricks his finger on it while also absorbing a sliver of the arrowhead and gains the power to absorb powers from other people (I can't remember if he has to kill them or not), he ends up falling in love with a snake demon lady? but she never reciprocates. and her dad was also the one the war was about. at the end of the book the evil guy goes back in time and changes history and that's how the book ends.
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That sounds a bit like this Reddit querent’s summary, which a commenter identified as the Ash Mistry series: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/comments/1eupkzg/ya_fiction_kid_gets_a_sliver_of_a_divine_indian/ The “demon lady” might be the Goddess Kali, whose agent Ash becomes.
ETA: Here’s a review of the first book, which sounds a great deal like your synopsis: https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2012/04/book-review-ash-mistry-and-the-savage-fortress-by-sarwat-chadda-2.html
Parvati, from her self-description, would seem to be the snake lady ally:
Appearance: Can vary from serpent-like with fangs to almost normal 15 year old girl with fangs. And green eyes with narrow vertical irises. Basically if you’re close enough to see my eyes, you’re probably about to die. Quite horribly.
A Bit About Myself: I really don’t see why I have to engage in this infantile exercise but Ash says he needs it for his summer project.
So, my father was Ravana, the greatest demon king of all time. My mother was a human princess. Theirs was not a happy marriage. I’ve been around for a long, long time, constantly reincarnated and I’ve killed so many men that I’m classified as a ‘near-extinction event’.
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