Allen Cade followed his faith, and tried to save his marriage, but his wife had other ideas, and wanted out. If he wanted a till death we do part marriage, she would give it to him. When her attempt on his life failed, his daughter testified that it was an accident, but urged her dad to give up trying to reconcile, and go somewhere else to start over. This is the story of a new start.
The survivor of a spaceship crash unknowingly founds a civilization of sentient dogs, who experience pivotal events of their history a thousand years later.