He thought he was checking out illegal logging in the Idaho mountains-until he found a German Shepherd locked in a frozen cage, staring at him like it had been waiting for exactly one person

because Ray refused anything that sounded like a militia and Jenna refused anything that sounded like a club.

The Watch started with twelve people and a borrowed whiteboard in the Grange Hall. By the end of the month, there were thirty-seven names on the rotation list. Some were loggers. Some were teachers. One was the retired postmaster, who could continue reading …