Title: Sun and Shadow
Author: Dirk Greyson
Series: Day and Knight (Book 2)
Genre: M/M, Contemporary, Adventure
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 4 2015
Edition/Formats: eBook & Print
Blurb/Synopsis:
Dayton “Day” Ingram is recovering from an injury suffered in
Mexico—and from his failed relationship with fellow Scorpion agent, Knight.
While researching an old government document, Day realizes he might be holding
the key to finding an artistic masterpiece lost since WWII.
But the Russians are looking for it too, and have a team in
place in Eastern Europe hunting it down. Day and Knight are brought back
together when they are charged with getting to the painting first.
Knight wants to leave Mexico and everything that happened
there behind, and return to the life he had—except it wasn't much of a life.
When he's partnered up with Day, keeping his distance proves to be challenging.
But Day is as stubborn as Knight and isn’t willing to let him walk away.
Their assignment leads them through Germany and Austria with
agents hot on their tail—agents willing to do whatever it takes to get to the
masterpiece first. If Day and Knight can live long enough to find the painting,
they might also discover something even more precious—each other.
“Excellent.” Dimato looked down at the file and then back up
at him. “Catch up on your e-mail and things, and then come to my office in an
hour. I have a task that I think is right up your alley. It’s research to
start, but it could quickly turn into more.” He smiled and then continued on
his way down the aisle of cubicles. Day sat down and booted up his computer,
then opened e-mail, groaning at the hundreds sitting in his in-box. He began
sorting them and managed to get through all of the routine things. The rest he
answered or forwarded to the appropriate people before meeting Dimato in his
office.
“Close the door.”
Day did and sat down. “What can I help with?”
“You’ve been watching the news on television,” Dimato
prompted, and Day nodded. “Then you know that the current Russian president is
becoming more and more like Stalin with each passing day. He’s moved to
reintegrate many of the former Soviet republics back under Russian control, and
we believe Eastern Europe is in his sights next. But they’ve had a very good
taste of freedom, and it isn’t likely he’ll succeed easily there.” Dimato
paused a moment, and Day nodded his agreement. Dimato wasn’t telling him
anything he hadn’t heard already.
“We’ve intercepted some communications from the Russians,
and I need you to use your linguistic skills to see if what we believe they’re
talking about is possible.” Dimato passed him a file.
“I can do that,” Day said as he took the file and opened it
to the first page.
“They’re looking for something that may have been lost
during World War II. I skimmed the file, and I couldn’t determine what they
were hunting for. But you may be able to figure it out.”
“I’ll do my best. What’s the priority?”
“Make it your top one for now. My instincts are telling me
there’s more here than we’ve figured out so far. It looks like they’re hunting
for a work of art, but the Russians wouldn’t spend a great deal of energy and
time on something unless it was important. What we intercepted was from the
military, so it’s important enough that they’re involved, and we need to know
why.”
“I’ll get on it right away,” Day stood, holding the file,
his heart beating a little faster. This was what he’d come to Scorpion
Logistical Services to do, and it made his blood race. He loved unraveling
mysteries and puzzles. He hoped the one he held would be interesting.
Where were
you born and where do you call home? I
was born in Muskegon Michigan and I currently call central Pennsylvania
home.
What or who
inspired you to write? And how long have
you been writing? As Dirk I have been
writing just a few years. (As Andrew
much longer) As Dirk I wanted to write different
things and in a different tone.
When did
you first consider yourself a writer? At
the beginning of 2009 when I received my first royalty check. It was really small, tiny even, but it meant
that I was a writer and that someone, even if it was only a few people, had
actually read my work.
What is the
name of your most recent book and if you had to sum it up in 30 or less words,
what would you say? My most recent book
is Sun and Shadow and it’s a race between Day and Knight and Russian agents to
recover a lost masterpiece that hasn’t been seen since WWII.
I love
reading the warnings on the blurbs for many books. If you could write a warning
label for yourself as a person or an author, what would it say? Warning:
You are likely to need tissues… a lot of them.
If you gave
some of your characters an opportunity to speak for themselves, what would they
say? That’s a hard question because they
do speak for themselves. They tell their
stories in each book I write. While I’m
working, the characters are alive to me and I simply write what they tell
me.
Which
character speaks the loudest, to you? Do any of them clamor to be heard over
the others? Day speaks the loudest. He’s verbose and clamors to get his story
told. Knight is way too quiet and there
are times I want to smack him on the head to get him to talk.
Do your
characters try to make like bunnies and create ever more convoluted plots for
you? Or do you have to coax them out of your characters? It depends.
Day likes to get complicated.
Knight needs coaxing.
Have you
based any of your characters on someone you know, or real events in your own
life? As Andrew I have. I based the character of Ronnie in the
upcoming Eyes Only for Me on a close friend.
(I told him before I did it)
Dirk is very much an
outside kind of man. He loves travel and
seeing new things. Dirk worked in
corporate America for way too long and now spends his days writing, gardening,
and taking care of the home he shares with his partner of more than two
decades. He has a Master’s Degree and
all the other accessories that go with a corporate job. But he is most proud of the stories he tells
and the life he's built. Dirk lives in
Pennsylvania in a century old home and is blessed with an amazing circle of
friends.
Day
and Knight Book 1
Sun and Shadow Book 2
Thank You for Hosting Sun and Shadow by Dirk Greyson for your readers to enjoy.
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