Writing from the Peak

Darby Karchut’s (writing as Darby Kaye) urban fantasy for big kids: Unholy Blue (ISBN 987-1633920518, trade paperback, ebook, 292 pages) releases January 19th, 2016 from Spencer Hill Press/Spence City. The sequel to the best-selling The Stag Lord, the book is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and most independent bookstores.

It's going to take more than a bit o' luck for Shay Doyle—Healer to a clan of  Celtic warriors living in modern-day Colorado—to keep one stubborn Irish warrior, and his son, alive. For Fate seems to have it in for Bannerman Boru, descendant of the kings of Ireland, and recipient of an ancient grudge from the mad god, Cernunnos.
Shay and Bann, along with the Doyle clan, must suss out how to kill a shapeshifter that refuses to stay dead, prevent clan warfare, and make a choice that could change their lives.

If they don’t lose them first.

Darby Karchut is an award-winning author, dreamer, and compulsive dawn greeter. She's been known to run in blizzards and bike in lightning storms. A former middle school teacher, she now divides her time between dodging death by Colorado and writing urban fantasy for tweens, teens, and adults. Her middle grade novel, Finn Finnegan, won an IPPY award for juvenile fiction in 2014, and her YA series, Griffin Rising, was recently optioned for film. Visit Darby at http://www.darbykarchut.com