A Dog Called Hope: A Wounded Warrior and the Service Dog Who Saved Him

Lone Survivor meets Marley & Me in this inspiring and very moving (Bear Grylls, host of the hit TV show Man vs. Wild) memoir of an extraordinary service dog whose enduring love brought a wounded soldier back to life. A decade ago, special forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an antinarcotics raid. Hed served with the famous Night Stalkers on countless such missions. This one was different. Months later, he regained consciousness in a U.S. military hospital with no memory of how hed gotten there. The first words he heard were from his surgeon telling him he would never walk again. The determined soldier responded, Sir, yes, I will. After multiple surgeries, unbearable chronic pain, and numerous setbacks, Morgan was finally making progress when his wife left him and their three young sons. He was a single father confined to a wheelchair and tortured by his pain. At this very dark, very low point, Morgan found light: Napal, the black Labrador who would change his life forever. A Dog Called Hope is the incredible story of a service dog who brought a devastated warrior back from the brink and taught him how to be a true father. It is the story of Napal, who built bridges between his wheelchair-bound battle buddy and the rest of able-bodied humankind. It is the story of Jason, who found lifes true meaning with the help of his faithful companion. Humorous, intensely moving, and uplifting, Jason and Napals heartwarming tale will brighten any day and lift every heart.