At only eight years old, he witnessed the dark side of mankind. Twenty-two years later, Grady Carnes hadn't changed, and neither had his town of Rowan Rivers, still witnessing its dark under-belly. It came to no surprise that he decided to brace the wicked storm, and rescue the stranded German Shepherd that was abandoned to weather the elements of the raging storm; hearing it's weak and vulnerable cry before anyone else. However, it proved to be more...