Angels vs Demons Blog Hop - The Blue Demon of Adalucien

Welcome to my stop on the Angels vs Demons Blog Hop! I want to introduce you to my demon - Keir - and tell you how he earned his nickname. I think you'll love him. :)

A demon is a supernatural, often malevolent being. An unclean spirit. A force of evil that would possess humans beings and drive them to terrible acts.
Or so early Christianity would have us believe. The Ancient Greek word daimōn means spirit, without any of the dark associations. My demon in Keir is human - a child with human parents. But his discoloured skin shocks the medieval-level society into which he is born. Without the knowledge to explain his condition, they revert to superstitious reasons. His own people condemn him as a demon for nothing more than his appearance:

His bare torso was the rich blue of an evening sky, the long, unkempt hair a knot of black curls tangled at the nape of his neck. Deep black tattoos, resembling some form of runic lettering, were carved into every inch of his skin.
“See, girl? That is the Blue Demon, a curse on the city of Adalucien and friend to nae living soul.” The old man shook his head and sighed, as if under a dreadful burden. Women hid their children’s eyes or made mystical gestures against the creature that had entered their grounds. 
A terrible fear and anger rose in Quin, not for herself but for Keir, helpless and half-naked in the midst of a hostile gathering. No words could rescue him from this. She saw the knife lift for another strike and clawed at the man who held her, shrieking urgently for Keir.

What becomes of my demon? You'll have to read the book to find that out. ;-)

For Keirlan de Corizi–the legendary ‘Blue Demon’ of Adalucien–death seems the only escape from a world where his discolored skin marks him as an oddity and condemns him to life as a pariah. But salvation comes in an unexpected guise: Tarquin Secker, a young woman who can travel the stars with a wave of her hand. 

But Quin has secrets of her own. She’s spent eternity searching through space and time with a strange band of companions at her back. Defying her friends’ counsel, Quin risks her apparent immortality to save Keir. She offers him sanctuary and a new life on her home world, Lyagnius.

When Keir mistakenly unleashes his dormant alien powers and earns instant exile from Quin’s home world, will she risk everything to stand by him again? 

Available from Lyrical Press Inc., Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. 

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