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Buddy is blind-the victim of animal abuse. The
violent encounter has left the poor dog homeless,
scared, and alone. Trapped inside the dark labyrinth
of his own mind, the mongrel has led a bleak
existence-until a chance meeting with the Jack. The
Jack, a fearless Jack Russell terrier, befriends the
sightless Buddy and bravely leads him on a perilous
quest for a land called home. An engrossing and
often lyrical novel, Buddy & the Jack pays tribute to
classic animal tales such as Watership Down and The
Call of the Wild. It is a story of friendship, loyalty,
and the most unlikely of heroes.
The story takes place in the fictional community of Mt. Canaan, Pennsylvania, a sleepy Victorian hamlet and tourist detour. Straddling the border between the hard coal regions and the Pocono Mountains, the timeless appeal of Mt. Canaan's cobblestone streets and quaint shops provide a welcome respite from the manufactured kitsch of the Pocono resorts.
Visitors to the town marveled at its history and Old World charm, until the day the feral dogs appeared. Now the streets just don't seem safe for man -- or beast -- certainly not for a blind dog.
Buddy is blind. A violent encounter wit | |  | | Free Range Men
A English professor's life spirals slowly out of control following his divorce.
T.J. Beckerman is unlucky in life and love. Newly divorced and struggling to make ends meet as an overworked and underpaid adjunct professor, he whiles away his evenings hopping from dive bar to dive bar with his two boozy friends. Skirt-chasing, but still pining for his ex-wife—who has a new love interest—Beckerman struggles to maintain a presence in his still-impressionable son’s life. Strapped for cash and desperate to pay his child support obligations, he takes a cue from a fellow professor and enters into a very questionable sideline—a shady business sure to end what little of an academic | |  | | Starry Night
Jay’s life has come undone.
His five-year engagement to Daizee Fay has been broken, and only anxiety, depression, and a peptic ulcer remain. In the midst of a nervous breakdown, he witnesses a hallucinatory vision: the night sky above his garden melts into a dizzying swirl of stars. The vision passes, but Jay’s sanity is shaken: his faithful Jack Russell terrier Nick, can now suddenly speak.
But are Nick’s abilities of speech merely the result of Jay’s mental collapse, or the conjuring of an ancient animal spirit from Irish folklore, or-
Is it the unthinkable: can Nick actually talk?
When Jay accepts Nick’s offer to reunite him with his beloved Daizee, he steps into a reality askew with talking dogs, mythical Irish sprites, and intrigue. With the aid of the enigmatic Ned Church, a brain-damaged ex-spy, Jay and Nick plunge headfirst into a mystery with Daizee at its core.
In Starry Night, Smith returns to the mythical setting of Mt. Canaan, Pennsylvania, in a wonderfully odd meditation on love, reality, and the meaning of life.
Nick nosed his way in through the crack of the bedroom door, first his
snoot, then a paw. The hinges groaned, relented as he bullied his way into the
room. There was an urgency in the way he walked, in the unblinking manner
of his eyes. His ears were drawn back, his muzzle tense, and his tail tucked
low. He leaped upon the bed, parked himself next to Jay’s face.
“What is it?” Jay asked, alarmed.
There was sorrow in Nick’s eyes and he held his head low. Jay had never
seen him like this before. Nick exhaled and sighed. “I’m going to die,” he
said, finally.
| |  | | The Late Great Thor McHugh
Lucy Glass had often dreamed of the father she'd never known, imagining he was a world-famous surgeon or perhaps an airline pilot. What she didn't expect was that he was Thor McHugh, an aging, self-absorbed Bigfoot hunter.
Lucy Glass had often dreamed of the father she'd never known, imagining he was a world-famous surgeon or perhaps an airline pilot. What she didn't expect was that he was Thor McHugh, an aging, self-absorbed Bigfoot hunter. Living off the funding of a 4th tier university, McHugh and his partner, Ames, share a comfortable yet insular life in their fortified compound. But when a new chancellor takes over, McHugh suddenly finds himself cash strapped and out of a job. For Lucy, the stakes are much higher. Ailing from a rare terminal illness, her only hope is to locate any relatives that may be pote | |  | | There's Only One Quantum
It's a corporate espionage thriller set in the near-future in the tradition of the science fiction stories of Philip K. Dick.
In an overcrowded future city, office worker Scott Coe accepts a promotion to the home office of the mysterious Quantum Corporation—and stumbles into a world of corporate spies, double dealings, and even murder. As Coe probes deeper into the mystery hidden within the labyrinth of office cubicles, he slowly discovers that the line between friend and foe, competitor and conspirator, is a slippery one and no one—not even Coe—are who (or what) they may seem. |
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