Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

As the title implies, this series is all about dogs and adventure. The dogs include search and rescue K9s, an explosive detection K9, wolves who become dogs, and a mutt from a shelter who brings people together and saves a boy's life.

The adventure settings range from the island of Iwo Jima to the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming to Afghanistan and Vietnam, with a brief excursion to Bolivia. 

The author draws on his experiences as a career Marine and eighteen years as a search and rescue K9 handler to depict the action realistically. Everything the dogs do in this series is based on the actual capabilities of these remarkable animals.

And, as the titles of three of the books imply, there are ghosts—all kinds of ghosts. Some are friendly and helpful. Others are less benign. They are all “interesting.”

Be prepared to enjoy the stories and learn about the dogs and how they do what they do.

Ghosts of Iwo Jima: A story about battles, ghosts, and two very special dogs

(Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series Book 1)
Book #1 from the series: Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

On March 1st, 1945 five Marines were killed in one of the most horrific battles of World War II, and their bodies were never recovered. Finding these young men after almost seventy years seems an impossible task, but that’s what Tom Sanders plans to do. He has a historian with detailed knowledge of the battle and a crime scene investigator with...

Ghosts of the Buffalo Wheel

Book Two of the Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series
Book #2 from the series: Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

The Buffalo Wheel sits high up in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. This ancient stone circle has been sacred to the native people for thousands of years. But now, something has gone wrong. Sees Wolf, an Arapaho medicine man thinks he knows the problem, but he’ll need help to solve it. He’ll need some good dogs. Gunny and Luke are back together...

The Very First Dog: Book Three in the Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

Book #3 from the series: Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

What is a dog? Where do dogs come from? What was it like before there were dogs? Thirteen-year-old Clay Webber is curious and full of questions. In his search for answers, he is joined by his Grandpa Sam’s search and rescue dog, Gunny. Together they begin to dream of a time fifteen thousand years ago when the future of the human race was in...

A Dog Named Scrum: Book Four of the Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

Book Four of the Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series
Book #4 from the series: Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

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...

Ghosts of the High Uintas: Book Five in the Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

Book #5 from the series: Sam and Gunny K9 Adventure Series

When two young people disappear into the high and rugged terrain of the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a search and rescue mission is launched. Sam Webber and his new search dog, Stretch, find the body of one of the missing people, but that find creates as many questions as answers. Why were they there? What happened? And, most importantly,...