by Kirsten Bakis
Fascinating idea: A mad scientist creates a race of dogs to use as war dogs, giving them voice boxes, prosthetic hands, human intelligence, and the ability to stand on their hind legs. Nothing could go wrong here, right? So eventually the dogs escape, come to a sort of modern-day New York, still dre...
I was actually somewhat surprised by this novel. It is a debut novel, and to be fair there is something choppy about the ending of the novel.It is a thought provoking novel, however.Bakis tells the story of 150 monster dogs, dogs that were created to be soliders, with increased intelligence, and hu...
I'm a huge dog lover and found this story of walking, talking, intelligent dogs very interesting. There is a sad undertone to the whole story and an underlying thread of darkness , cruelty and the grotesque (the cow, the cow!). Very original and imaginative. The only small complaint I have, and it i...