PROLOGUE

The tale of a little dog named Tango takes place on an island, cradled by waves, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

It is a peaceful province where the sea laps against sandstone cliffs, bays and inlets offer quiet shelter for pairs of blue heron, and red clay roads wind like ribbons across rolling hills.

A bountiful island where potato vines bloom into white stars, purple lupine line the ditches, and rose red fireweed sparkles along fence lines.

A magical land where around every corner you glimpse the sea.

Named Abegweit by the people of the First Nations, this crescent-shaped island has a legend. Here, a soul will discover his true kindred spirit.

A legend not only about humans, mind you—but about all God’s creatures, from the smallest of sea urchins to the strongest of shiny black seals.

And dogs?

Dogs, too, you ask?

But of course.