Operation Green Parrot

Caesar the War Dog #4

by Stephen Dando-Collins

Everyone's favorite canine hero is back in an exciting new adventure—perfect for young readers who love adventure, animal tales, and military stories After the brother of Mexican crime lord Carlos Marron—known as El Lorro Verde, or the Green Parrot—is killed when a rival gang sets off a car bomb in San Antonio, Texas, Carlos sees on TV that the now world-famous explosive detection dog Caesar has found a second bomb at the scene. Carlos orders his inept subordinates to kidnap the dog so that Caesar can protect him from future bombs. When Ben leaves Caesar in quarantine in Texas, the gang swoops. Now, Ben, Charlie, and the GRRR team have to locate and rescue Caesar in Mexico, in the middle of a deadly crime cartel war.

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Stephen Dando-Collins is the multi-award-winning author of 48 books. British reviewer, noted playwright Robin Hawdon, says that Dando-Collins is "the modern age's foremost dramatizer of Greek and Roman history," while American reviewer bestselling military author Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman has described Dando-Collins as "a literary giant." Considered an authority on the legions of ancient Rome, Dando-Collins has written ancient and modern history, children's novels, scientific nonfiction, and biographies. The bulk of his works deal with military history, ranging from Greek, Persian and Roman times to American, British and Australian 19th century history and World I and Word War II.
Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Albanian and Korean.
His most acclaimed book on the ancient military, 'LEGIONS OF ROME,' was the culmination of decades of research into Rome's imperial legions.
Dando-Collins aims to travel roads that others have not, unearthing new facts and opening new perspectives on often forgotten or overlooked people and aspects of history.
He has two new books in 2024: 'CAESAR VERSUS POMPEY: Determining Rome's Greatest General, Statesman & Nation-Builder,' (Turner, US), and 'THE BUNA SHOTS: The Amazing Story Behind Two Photographs that Changed the Course of World War Two,' (Australian Scholarly Publishing).

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've enjoyed all the Caesar novels. Having owned numerous Chocolate Labs, I could relate to their intelligence and heartwarming personalities. Wish he'd written more. Really enjoyed the human characters also.

[Caleb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book a lot. This series centers around Ceaser who is a explosive detection dog, a very important member of a special operations team named GRRR (Global Rapid Reaction Responders). This book centers around rival gangs in San Antonio, Texas, that are fighting and trying to bump each other off. However, one gang goes too far when they dognap Ceaser! Now the team is left without a vital member of their team that they need to help locate the bombs that the gangs are using against each other. It is a race against the clock to find Ceaser before it is too late.