Book Nook - Gruntwork

In Gruntwork, Edwin and his wife, Mallory, abandon their artistic lives and move to Richmond, Virginia after losing their house to foreclosure. This fresh start proves challenging when Edwin is hired as an entry-level corporate insurance employee and is paired with a new field representative named Anton Spiros, who hates their company’s role in the exploitation of laborers. Eventually, Spiros’s erratic behavior and sense of justice envelop the two men in a dangerous scheme to avenge the working class. While Edwin tries to stop Spiros from exacting violent revenge, his marriage stretches to a breaking point. Combining love, death, and kidnapping, this story's surprising and suspenseful climax asks the question: how far will someone go to determine his place in life?

Luke Sweeney is a writer originally from Maine who resides in Richmond, Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He taught English as a Second Language in Peru, and his short stories have appeared in several literary journals.