Houndstooth

Gary's first novel was published in hardcover by Prentice-Hall in 1975. It told the story of a special German Shepherd dog, "Major," part of an Army dog handling experiment using a tiny brain implant linked to computers and satellite relays to allow a remote handler to see what the dog is seeing and send him commands. Major is pressed into service for an emergency mission to learn the details of a secret plan by the Soviet Union to defeat an American anti-missile system that had just been activated to protect the United States from attack. The elaborate mission devised to get Major to an isolated research facility in Siberia also involves Air Force personnel, the CIA, the State Department and other government agencies.