{"product_id":"first-scent-war-dogs-series-book-1","title":"First Scent (War Dogs Series Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wire is cut. The dog goes first.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSergeant Wade Gresham handles the dog. That's the whole of his job, and nobody in the platoon quite believes it's a job. Banner is a black Labrador on a British harness older than the newest man in the team — trained never to bark, trained to follow a scent line, and trained, most importantly, to tell his handler when he has nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Army wants a weapon. What Gresham has is an animal that is honest with him, and an outpost full of men who need an answer whether or not one exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trail is good for one morning. Then the country begins taking it away: civilian traffic, a rubber plantation, a decoy laid and covered by somebody who knew exactly how a dog is worked. Then the monsoon arrives, a creek comes up, and the scent line goes downstream with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBanner casts, casts again, and sits down. Nothing here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man who wanted to be certain would push the dog. In the heat of the second day, with the weather closing, Gresham takes the harness off his dog under fire and does not explain himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is right. It costs him the trail, and it costs him his team's belief, and he does not get to have both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWar Dogs, Book 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Lee Corley","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":45135289319490,"sku":"WARDOGS-01-EB","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45161834709058,"sku":"WARDOGS-01-PB","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0117\/5873\/1330\/files\/wardogs-01-eb_cover.jpg?v=1788420448","url":"https:\/\/whitemountainpress.com\/products\/first-scent-war-dogs-series-book-1","provider":"White Mountain Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}