C. Alexander London

A fantastic addition to the 'animals as protagonists' genres of children's lit. Despite being set in 'our world', London successfully builds a unique mythology and world of two factions of warring sets of animals - the ones in the wild and the ones owned by people. Great characters and action packed, I'm already looking forward to the sequel. Not sure if it was just me, but I was getting a Stonewall allegory by the end of the novel and if this was intentional or not, it's something that stood out for me.… (mere)

This book is all about a man Chuck and his best friend Ajax. They met when both in training Chuck was running from the dog terrified because he was the test subject. Ajax wasn't going to eat him but just tackle him too the ground until someone called him off.
Ajax past owner died in Vietnam. Vietnam was still going on but during then Chuck would spend more and more time with Ajax bonding with him. One day the Commander called him in and told him about him being assigned in Vietnam. That wasn't the only thing then his commander assigned him to go with Ajax because of the bond together. There they both were in the Vietnam Ajax and Chuck doing there job. But when Chuck got shot Ajax was trying to help him but that's when a grenade was thrown from about 12 feet away. Both woke up in what would be a church, Ajax on Chuck, with one leg gone, crying because they were both still there, the commander came and told the soldier that he keep Ajax with him over the years.… (mere)