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Le Dr Jason Kunik travaille sur le plus stupéfiant des projets de génétique : la cartographie du génome d’une nouvelle espèce, les Éveillés – des chiens qui peuvent prendre une apparence humaine. Le problème est que personne ne sait que les Éveillés existent et Jason ne peut les trahir en publiant ses recherches. Quand il déménage à Mad Creek afin de poursuivre ses recherches dans une ville remplie de ces créatures, il ne veut que la paix, la tranquillité et pouvoir se plonger dans son travail. Peut-être que s’il comprend comment la mutation est activée, il pourra faire taire à jamais le chien qui est en lui.
Milo est un chien réconfortant les malades en unité de soins palliatifs et il a perdu beaucoup de patients bien-aimés dans sa vie. Il comprend instinctivement la maladie et la douleur à un niveau spirituel que peu de gens atteignent. Quand il acquiert la capacité de se transformer en homme, il pense qu’il a enfin tout ce qu’il a toujours voulu. Mais être un homme n’est pas la même chose que d’être aimé et se réfugier à Mad Creek n’est pas la même chose que de trouver un foyer.
Quand une maladie mystérieuse frappe Mad Creek et menace tous les Éveillés de la ville, le scientifique et le chien doivent découvrir ce que c’est et comment l’arrêter. Au passage, ils pourraient découvrir que l’amour véritable est possible, si vous regardez les étoiles briller.
356 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 12, 2016


If you counted only school, Milo was not a good mate for Jason. But Milo knew other things, things Jason didn't know. He knew about people's hearts and souls and about what you regret in the end.
He knew about bonds and how they survived age and trouble and pain and even death. He knew sickness. He knew sacrifice. He knew the magical power of touch.
He knew patience and stillness, and he knew how to give those to people even when you didn't feel like being patient or still at all. He knew love.




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People skills had never been Jason’s strong suit. He'd always been more comfortable with his test tubes, computers, and microscopes. But the time had come to collect data of the personal kind, and his work was too important to fail because Jason Kunik was an ineffectual communicator.

‘It was the best to be a man. But it was also the best to be a dog! One was not bester than the other. How could Jason be so smart and not see that?’
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‘There was nothing that could have stopped Jason from striding to Milo and gathering him into his arms. His heart felt cracked open like a coconut cleaved by an ax, and all sorts of uncomfortable juices were in danger of leaking out.’
‘Of course, Milo was lovable. Everyone could see that. You couldn't dislike giggling babies or daffodils in the spring or beautiful sunsets. Milo was definitely in that category of things that were spontaneously wonderful. Even so, it was ridiculous how easily he’d wrapped Jason around his little finger. He thought of himself as a tougher nut than that.’

The goal, he reminded himself, was data. He needed to get useful data from Milo. The goal wasn’t to dominate Milo unless that was required to get the data.
Milo deserved a hell of a lot of everything, far more than he got living with a stuffy man like Jason. Milo appeared to like everyone. Ergo, the fact that he liked Jason meant nothing at all.
And then Milo had ... tried to show Jason how brave he could be, tried to show he was a worthy mate.
Heaven. It felt like heaven. Like awakening from a nightmare to find you were safe and sound. Like pulling into port after an endless journey. Like plugging into a battery source when you are about to run dry.





(...) maybe Jason would see how good it was to be a dog sometimes!
It was the best to be a man. But it was also the best to be a dog. One was not bester that the other.
How could Jason be so smart and not see that?


