Smokescreen

Knight & Daywalker, Book 1

By: Sam Burns

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay

Flynn Knight is the only (and frankly, impossible) child of the leader of the vampires in Los Angeles. He's also a bit of a scatterbrain, a thirty-something manchild, and a private investigator. When one of his mother's political frenemies gets killed and she asks him to investigate, he's put between a rock—her—and a hard place—the fact that not a single vampire in the city will believe the answers he finds without impressive proof to back him up.

Combine that with an eighty-thousand-dollar bill he has no idea how he's going to pay, a hit and run that has landed him a victim of the cat distribution system, and his mother trying to foist a new business partner off on him, and his life is way more complicated than he likes.

At least his new partner is nice to look at, even if he's the weirdest vampire ever, who doesn't seem to follow any of the usual vampire rules.

Also, why won't this kitten stop eating?

Smokescreen is set in the Fantastic Fluke universe, starring never before seen characters and a new setting. It begins to explore Flynn Knight’s relationships, and while it contains a complete story, it does not reach the slow burn romance plot, and the main overarching plot will continue in book two, Façade.

©2025 Sam Burns (P)2025 Sam Burns

Great start to a series

This was a wonderful book with very interesting characters. I can’t wait for more. The narration was fantastic.

finish in a day.

finish in a day. didn't want to stop listening. good story and wonderful reading.

Smokescreen

Smokescreen opens Knight & Daywalker with sharp supernatural intrigue, dry humor, and a case that immediately entangles personal history with professional danger. Burns excels at slow, deliberate relationship building, letting trust form through shared investigation rather than forced proximity or easy chemistry. The mystery unfolds with steady pressure, balancing action and deduction while revealing a world that feels lived-in without drowning the reader in lore. The emotional core is quiet but deliberate, grounded in restraint, longing, and the tension of two people circling what they can’t yet claim. It’s a confident, character-driven start that promises a series built on patience, payoff, and smart supernatural stakes.

Fantastic

Loved it! Will definitely be eagerly awaiting the next book in the series. This book was cute interesting and I can’t wait to learn more about the characters. It feels like there will be more than one love interest but that might just be me projecting my hopes.

Love it!

I love this story can't wait for the second book. I'm happy takes place in the same universe as the other series I love. yes Dragons!!!