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

For three seconds Grant did not move. His mind did what it had been trained to do: distance, approach, exposure, purpose. The cage was not accidental. It had been placed where the wind would have no mercy and the snow would cover tracks before noon.

Then the dog inside lifted his head.

Grant had been around military working dogs overseas, and he knew continue reading …