Earth's Gone to the Dogs!

Commissioner Ruskin has escaped to a peaceful country holiday, hoping for quiet days, farm sounds, and the company of his beloved dog, Daisy. Instead, an anxious archaeologist arrives with a discovery too dangerous to ignore: a pre-Atomic book containing something never seen before—pictures of the lost world.

One illustration appears to show a dog seated like a person, rewarding a human companion. As Bigelow explains his startling interpretation, Ruskin is forced to consider whether history has been misunderstood—and whether humanity’s place in the natural order is far less secure than society believes. Charged with protecting public morale, he must decide what to do with evidence that could overturn everything people think they know about their origins. This witty science-fiction tale blends archaeological mystery, social satire, and a wonderfully unsettling question: who, exactly, was once considered man’s best friend?