Sniffing the Wind

About the Book

When Pepi 101, who was successfully cloned to solve organ transplant rejection and HIV, accidentally escapes from Robinson Labs, she is found in a semi truck trailer owned by the Hanes brothers, who are on their way to a truck stop and a Wal-Mart pickup. They find Pepi 101 and bring her to the pound to be adopted because, tough guy, String Bean Hanes is competing in a cross dressing contest that night.

At the pound, Pepi 101 meets other dogs that tell her of the canine's perspective of the human condition. Eventually, a loving family adopts Pepi for their thirteen-year-old daughter, Sara, who is HIV infected. Sara's whole life becomes one of hope and affection, until tragically a dognapper steals Pepi in order to collect a large ransom for Pepi's return to Robinson Research.

Fortunately, Pepi 101 is rescued but targeted by The Right Way, a terrorist Luddite cult that is determined to murder the scientists and Pepi 101.

About the Author

Robert Sawtelle, an educator, world traveler and keynote speaker on future trends, who has taught future studies courses and delivered hundreds of corporate and company presentations on the future.

He has written Sniffing the Wind as a mystery that deals with today's headline social issues, i.e. terrorism, HIV, and love as seen through the eyes of a cloned dog.

Retiring from education, he began his professional speaking career giving keynote speeches on the Challenges of Change, The Five Ages We Live In, Brother Can You Paradigm, Visions/Realities For the Twenty-first Century until a major stroke curtailed his busy schedule.

He is an avid racquetball player who shivers in Minnesota with his wife, two sons, and Pepi the Wonder Dog... but that's another story.