The Good Dog

In the Colorado mountain town of Steamboat Springs there must be three hundred dogs.
Jacks malamute, McKinley, is the leader of them all. But Jack, being human, has no way of knowing that. For him, his familys dog is just a great pal. And protector.
Jack cannot know that Redburn, a "leash-licking" Irish setter, is McKinleys rival for the job of head dog. The boy cannot know, with the sudden hillside appearance of a she-wolf, Lupin, that not only McKinleys job -- but his life -- is in danger. Lupins message: Dogs free yourselves from mankind. Come join us, we who need you to replenish our diminishing wolf pack in the wild.
But imagine how a good dog, loyal to his human pup, would hear Lupins call!
McKinleys thrilling story tells itself, as first he and the boy together encounter Lupin in a canyon perfect for an old-time ambush, and later as they try to save her from both Redburn and a neighbor, a vicious man armed with a gun and a grudge. No one -- not even McKinley -- can foresee the end.