Rick Hoegberg

Available Spring 2025

First K9

First K9 is a SF thriller for any dog lover who ever wondered, “What if my dog could talk?”

In a speculative novel about genetic engineering yielding unexpected results, the answer springs from a surprising genesis.

Set in the White House, where secrets and intrigue are sure to lurk, Max and Kiana discover treachery and danger. Taking action is risky, doing nothing more so. But the depth of mutual loyalty and respect they develop is the cure we all crave against the cynicism and distrust unraveling our social tapestry.

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About First K9

Jun (“Handsome and intelligent”) is the first healthy puppy GSSD—German Shepherd Super Dog—from the controversial research labs in Wuhan. While genetically enhanced to assist special-needs humans, the government has other plans. After some quick off-book training, Jun is given as a goodwill gift to the US President.

Renamed Max, he rambunctiously grows by leaps and bounds, helping to heal a gap left by the recent assassination of the First Lady during a bitter re-election campaign. A few of the staff, however, start having strange suspicions about an eerily bright and inquisitive dog.

They’re not wrong because back in Wuhan, the scientists are creating more GSSDs possessing something unknowingly revived from long ago.

When First Daughter, Kiana, stumbles on the truth about Max, humanity’s trust in our best friend could vanish, not to mention a fragile global peace.

Yet another crisis in a house trying to manage a chaotic world hoarding dirty secrets where every day, more humans are acting like rabid dogs.

It makes you wonder what our oldest friends would do or say—if they could speak.

As Kiana learns, part of the answer goes back to a pack of wolves who gave up something exquisitely precious to help an otherwise promising new species avoid extinction long ago.

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