The Alpha Litter. An experimental breed of canines. Keenly intelligent. Strongly assertive. Savagely aggressive. At the age of fifteen weeks, one-a male-is missing. And a hundred miles away, in a small New England town, a divorced college professor named Alex Bauer has found a puppy "Far better than Jaws!"-Kirkus "Ferocious"-Library Journal "Relentless"-Booklist "Impressive"-The Washington Post "Finely crafted This superb novel by a supremely gifted naturalist is uncompromising."-Business WeekSelection: Literary Guild; Doubleday Book Club; Field & Stream Book Club