The author of AWOL and other books related to dogs of the military, here spotlights his canines, against a background of Alaska and plenty of excitement. Sedgewick and Truemen, vets, head for a placer gold claim, accompanied by their K-9 dogs, Huskie and Spareribs. They tackle walrus, seal, ice-imprisonment, and two dirty-dealing villains, and with their last chance to prove their rights to the claim, they are pushed to a win by their four-footed friends. For the insatiables.