Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

by Octavia E. Butler

“You were pleased a minute ago?” “With you. You wanted your time back—the time we’ve taken from you. You didn’t want to die.” She stared at him, shocked that he had read her so clearly. And he must have known of humans who did want to die even after hearing promises of long life, health, and lasting youth. Why? Maybe they’d heard the part she hadn’t been told about yet; the reason for all this. The price.