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Synopsis
Ed Robertson suffered a terrible injury as a Marine in Vietnam and is struggling to get his life back on track. He dreams of the time when he was a standout rugby player, but his dreams always end in pain and fear. Sally Prentice is dealing with heart-breaking losses in her past. Both Ed and Sally are trying to find their way back to the persons they used to be, but they're not having much success on their own.The key to their recovery comes in a most unusual form. An abused and abandoned dog brings Ed and Sally together and shows them how to overcome their pain and fear and live a joyful life. As the three of them work together toward recovery, Ed meets Sam Webber, an old friend from Vietnam. With the support and understanding of Sam, his wife Rebecca, Sally, and the dog he's named Scrum, he can talk about how he was injured and begin to overcome the fears that plague him.Unknown to Ed and Sally, other forces are at work that will threaten not just their emotional recovery but their lives. The Ku Klux Klan is planning a murderous attack that will force the four friends to risk everything to save a young boy's life.Set in the turbulent mid-1970s, A Dog Named Scrum combines stories about the best and worst of the human spirit with historically accurate and realistic depictions of the war in Vietnam. A Dog Named Scrum is a prequel to the Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series. Like the other three books in the series, the theme of A Dog Named Scrum is the bond between dogs and humans that allows them to do together things they could not do on their own.