When Hank, Slim, Drover, and Little Alfred head over to the Hodge's place to feed the cattle, Hank encounters the weirdest cat he's ever seen. Then, when Hank gets bumped out of the back of the Cammo-Stealth army truck, Mary D. Cat is the only one around to help keep Rip and Snort at bay. Will Slim realize Hank is missing in action? Is Mary D. Cat really a vampire? Or could it be--gulp--that she's a good cat after all?

John R. Erickson, a former cowboy and ranch manager, is gifted with a storyteller's knack for spinning a yarn. Through the eyes of Hank the Cowdog, a smelly, smart-aleck Head of Ranch Security, Erickson gives readers a glimpse of daily life on a ranch in the West Texas Panhandle. This series of books and audios is in school libraries across the country, has sold more than 8 million copies, was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and has won an Audie for Outstanding Children's Series from the Audio Publisher's Association. Publishers Weekly called Hank a "grassroots publishing phenomena," and USA Today said this is "the best family entertainment in years."