Two girls adopt a stray dog, only to find out that it likes to travel through time, and take children along. It doesn't help matters that Kisa's parents and Morgan's mom don't get along, or that Morgan's mom hates dogs, or that neither girl knows much about history - at least not yet.

Once again, Triple-O Five and company are finding that the worst enemies a spy can have might be in his own government, even his own agency. His best help, on the other hand, might come from feral street boys in Paris, football players, and a doctor kicked out of medical practice for offending the PC police. Meanwhile, Durand must contend with the hazards of fatherhood, not least of which is a beautiful daughter who is drawing suitors left and right, including one of his young colleagues, who, alas, is a sniper. Not to mention not Catholic. Other than that, he seems to be a nice kid. For a...

It wasn't supposed to happen. Retirement just wasn't supposed to happen. Richard Hugh, aka Triple-O Five, had more or less planned on dying in the line of duty. But bureaucrats and life intervened. Now Richard must face enemies without the help of the agency. Worse yet, now he must face his past. Are we having fun yet?

Eleven-year-old Shayna Miller lives in the Subterran world where people hide from the totalitarian government that rules topside. But her dad keeps moving their family from place to place, almost as if he's running from something in Subterra itself. But what? This book is set in the same time and region as The Birdwatcher, with which it shares a few characters. Other books in The Smolder series - but set in different locations with different characters - are The Smolder, The Hidden, and Notes From Hiding. This book was originally published in 2013. This is the 2015 slightly revised edition.