About the Story:
The story of a very brave dog that saved the life of a young wounded veteran and how she saved his.
Both are scarred and damaged... but together -- woman and dog -- find love, trust and peace. The very things they dreamed and wished for but thought they'd never have. Hannah is a combat wounded veteran; her face is disfigured and she lost her left leg. Chief is a dog that escaped from a dog-fighting ring that she adopted (against others advice because of his breed) as part of Wounded Warrior project to help veterans. While traveling in Colorado, at a rest area, Hannah is attacked by a serial killer and rapist. Chief defends her. But the police take Chief from her (permissible under Denver/Colorado law) and plan to put him down. Hannah fights to save his life. Within this entertaining, sometimes heart-wrenching, tale, is a goal to raise empathy, compassion and awareness about animal cruelty... and how dogs that have experienced it can be saved and rehabilitated. And in turn how they can be a benefit to a human... sometimes even saving them with their love.
About the Author:
After South Vietnam was delivered to the evil North in April 1975, Duyen Nguyen after many failed attempts, finally escaped and came to the U.S. in November 1984. Mr. Nguyen was one of the almost 800,000 refugees known as, "boat people," half of which settled in the United States. He now practices law in San Jose, California. Mr. Nguyen is currently working on the re-publication of "Behind The Smoke Curtain", a novel about the Vietnam war and is also working on its sequel.
