Rez Dog is the story of Rocket, a State Patrol “sniffer” dog famous for his many busts up and down I-80. A week before his retirement ceremony, the Pit bull is placed with Lakota dog handler, Chade Long Soldier, at his dog haven in Seward.
In the week leading up to the ceremony, two 16-year-old boys are sentenced to community service at Haven. Ryder Dane and Travis Jackson form a bond with the dog. Ryder’s dad is the Dane, president of a biker club and the witness to a murder committed by Alvarez, a cartel leader. Travis’s dad is the lawyer representing Alvarez and tasked with paying off the Dane to secure his silence.
To raise money for the pay-off, a plot is hatched to engage Rocket in a dog fight at Scottsbluff. In the meantime, Ryder meets up with private investigator, Rube Sebastian, who is there in Seward to speak about her new book, Murder and Mayhem in Mayberry. Rube’s talk includes the guns used in notorious murders that took place in Nebraska: the Starkweather murders, the Omaha Sniper episode, and the bayonet that was used to kill Crazy Horse at Fort Robinson in 1877.
Enter Ramirez, a cold-blooded killer who works for Alvarez. When Ramirez abducts Travis and Rocket, he also confiscates the guns and what he believes is a journal written by Private William Gentles, the man who allegedly killed Crazy Horse. In this journal are the coordinates to Crazy Horse’s grave, which contains a number of ancient artifacts.
Determined to foil Ramirez’s plot to sell the guns to Alvarez, Rube enlists Ryder’s help to not only retrieve the stolen guns, but to rescue Rocket and Travis, as well. The main plot centers around rescuing Rocket from this dog fight, but the subplot centers on the journal, which details Crazy Horse’s history, the battle at the Little Big Horn, and the eventual death of the great war chief.
And so, the race is on.
I am currently trying to get the book accepted as curriculum in a four state region. If you want a copy, please make check payable to:
Tom Frye
6139 Kearney Ave.
Lincoln, NE. 68507
mailto:authorfrye@gmail.com
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Linda Murphy says
I’m looking forward to your new book! I’ve preordered and hope that helps you get it into print soon. I am a retired editor and if you still need proofreading done before you get it printed, I would volunteer to do it for you free… I mostly edited scholarly (i.e., psychology, etc.) books and dissertations, etc. I wouldn’t want to mess with your style but I proofread better than Microsoft Word does!!
Linda
Paul Powell says
Boys, dogs, issues of dog fights, water rights, biker clubs, drug cartels, Native Americans, a white buffalo, history and culture–there is something anyone can relate to in Rez Dog. Fast paced and suspenseful, this book will keep you up late at nights. A mature talent displayed here.
Nola Briggs says
Is Rez Dog a true story or fiction? I was wondering because of the comment that you were attempting to have it accepted as curriculum.
Tom says
Fiction, although based on a DEA sniffer dog named Popsicle, rescued as a pup from a drug dealer’s freezer. That Pit bull grew up to alert to seven million dollars in cartel drugs.