Blood High

About the Book

After a grisly murder on New Year’s Eve the students of Tuckerville High School cope with drugs, sex, gang violence, and juvenile emotions in 1984.

Dan Lucas, a brilliant young man from a wealthy family has everything any guy could want; money, brains, power, and the prettiest girl in school. But the jealousy of his fellow classmates is about to open a door best left closed.

Grear Vincent, Dan’s half-brother, wants to be a cop and he’s determined to uncover this Curse that a cabal of townsfolk have been whispering about. He loves his half-brother more than anything and can’t get enough of Wendy Carber, but Grear isn’t prepared for the secrets Mom and Dad have kept locked up in the family closet.

Teri Dillon, every girl wants to be her, every boy wants to be with her, but Teri only wants Dan Lucas; and when fate destroys her dreams, Teri loses herself in a world of obsession and vengeance. But what she finds in the locker-laden halls of her alma mater will change her forever.

Mitch Connors is the boy next door; he hates Robin Pike, the girl next door, but he sort of likes her too, and he likes the way her cheerleader skirt sways. What Mitch doesn’t know is that his fear of girls will not be the high point of the Homecoming Game, and he will have to choose between being a nobody and being a survivor.

The Rosebud Slasher used to be a nice guy, back in the day, but things have a way of happening; and now he’s spending Homecoming slaughtering the immoral kids at the local high school. He’s not alone. The Lucas Family Curse has gotten a hold on him; it drives him to kill and feed souls to the Serpent, and it’s getting stronger with each victim.

Before the night is finished he will have his revenge by blowing up the school, unless someone can stop him.

About the Author

Darrell Lane is a lieutenant for a contract security firm. He attended classes at Ivy Tech and drove as a freelance expediter in the mid 80’s. He worked privately for a Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy in the early 90’s. He is an avid reader and armchair graphic artist. He has interests in travel, psychology, theology, and music. He lives in a quaint little town called Clermont. He has never married or generated rugrats. He continues to write.