THE DESCENT FROM TRUTH

By

Gaylon Greer

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Alex Bryson is patrolling Rocky Mountain Backcountry in his job as a security guard when he discovers a woman with a baby wandering alone in the snow far from the nearest road. He takes them to shelter in a weekender cabin and sees a newscast that suggests the woman, Pia Ulmer, kidnapped the baby from its rightful parents and that it is the sole heir of Peru’s wealthiest and most corrupt family. Pia claims that she is the baby’s mother, and Alex doesn’t know what to believe. After turning her in, he continues to struggle with his budding feelings for her and remains unsure of the true story. He becomes more and more involved until finally there is no turning back—lives are on the line. He helps Pia get free from a brutal world that values money over life, and together they devise a plan to reclaim the baby. Just when it looks like they might succeed, they discover an international conspiracy that changes the game entirely.

Excerpt #7

“I haven’t properly thanked you for saving us.” Staring at him, Pia toyed with the belt that secured the wrap-around robe. Her tongue flicked over her lips. “I would like to do so now.” With a lazy smile, she tugged at the robe’s lapels as she backed through the door into the kitchen.

She was coming on to him? And she wanted to do it in the kitchen, when the couch was convenient and warmed by the fire? This woman had some really strange circuitry. Nevertheless, Alex pushed off the couch and headed for her, a magnet drawn to a lodestone. “What about Freddy?”

“He will sleep for at least an hour.” She untied the belt. Only her hand held the robe together.

The television news-anchor said something about Peru and a missing limousine. Staring at Pia, Alex barely heard.

She licked her lips again, dropped her hands to her sides, and shrugged. The robe became a circle of fabric around her sock-clad feet.

“Colorado law enforcement authorities have pledged full cooperation,” the newscaster said. His words registered in Alex’s consciousness as a message from a far planet. “The governor is . . .” Caressing a naked shoulder, Alex lost the newscaster’s words.

Pia stood with her head tilted back, her eyes closed, her lips parted. Passively receptive, she remained still while Alex tasted her neck.  So smooth. Firm yet soft.

A shift in the newscaster’s inflection made his words intrusive: “He’s leaving the hotel now with Maximillian Koenig.”

Koenig? The name pulled Alex from of his erotic haze. Twisting, he shifted so he could see the screen.

Two men were walking out of Denver’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The camera zoomed in on an elderly man’s stern, hawk-nosed visage. The announcer identified him as Maximillian Koenig, a confidant to Peru’s president and a major source of the ruling party’s financial clout.

“The child has been missing for twenty-four hours,” the newscaster said. A photo of Freddy, a studio portrait from the looks of it, filled the screen. “Little Frederick Koenig, twelve months old, is his parents’ only child.”

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Working with traveling carnivals and itinerant farm labor gangs during his teen and early adult years took Gaylon Greer up, down, and across the U.S. and introduced him to a plethora of colorful individuals who serve as models for his fictional characters. After several years as an Air Force officer and then a university professor with a Ph.D. in economics, Greer developed an interest in writing fiction and attended workshops at the University of Iowa, the University of Nebraska, and Bryn-Mawr College. He also studied with the U.C. Davis Extension program and the Algonquian Writers Group. His most recent novel, THE DESCENT FROM TRUTH is available at www.Amazon.com and other e-book retailers. Please visit Greer at www.GaylonGreer.com

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