Pursuits unknown : an Amy and Lars novel
(Book)

Amy and her kelpie-shepherd mix, Lars, work with a search team that specializes in finding lost people. Despite his average-mutt appearance, Lars is no ordinary dog: he and Amy have a telepathic connection. While Lars has a lot to learn about human language, their bond allows them to communicate in unusual ways, and it's a boon to their success rate. When Amy and Lars find a missing scientist suffering from the Alzheimer's like disorder "Disorientation," Amy and her support team realize this is not a typical lost-person case. Instead, this assignment appears to be an attempt to steal this man's highly sensitive research on nanotechnology - which, in the wrong hands, could be used to wipe out undersirables from their overpopulated world. In order to uncover the truth, Amy is forced to go under cover, and to confront - and surpass - her own limitations. - back cover.