Since I'm a huge John Sandford fan, I feel that giving one of his works 4 stars is almost like spitting on the Pope; but here it is. The story was written for young adults in middle/high school. I'm far away from that age group so I was not a part of the target audience for the story. That said, it was a nice tale, well-written with a strong main character, Shay Remby. Shay is an intelligent, non-conformist who finds herself in a world of trouble as she searches for and finds her brother Odin who is an animal rights activist. When I really got into the story, it was over. I hate cliff-hangers! Couldn't John Sandford have thrown us some kind of bone and let us know if the dog's going to live?