New Release · 2026
A true story of love, loyalty, and letting go
Told by Zeus. A Rottweiler who lived eleven years beside the man who chose him — through farms, coastlines, and a love that does not end at the gate.
The Book
Zeus was a purebred Rottweiler, born in suburban Perth in May 2013. He came to Darren at nine weeks old and spent the next eleven years beside him — on wheatbelt farms, along the Western Australian coast, and finally in the Albany home Darren built from the ground up. He passed away on 14 January 2025.
"For Zeus. Who never needed words to say it. We always knew."
This book is Zeus's story, told in his voice. Not a training manual. Not a how-to. A true account of what it means to share your life with a dog who gives everything — and what it costs when they go.
It is for anyone who has loved a dog. And especially for anyone who has lost one.
Inside the Book
Chapter One
From a suburban whelping box to a wheatbelt farm — the first mornings of an eleven-year friendship.
Chapter Two
Learning the land, the dam, the sheep, the family. Bandit. Spocky. The poker game. The pool.
Chapter Three
When the bond stopped being something you thought about. Molly arrives. Pups are born. Time passes the way good time does.
Chapter Four
A move to the coast. Tracking dogs in thick bush. Finding Dotty after eight days. The boat and the Southern Ocean.
Chapter Five
Darren builds their final home on the Albany coast. The marina. Molly's last days. The blue flowers.
Chapter Six
The last morning at the marina. The tailgate. The harbour light. A love that does not require a goodbye.
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Hardcover. Printed and posted anywhere in Australia.
International orders welcome.
$29.95
+ $12 postage within Australia · $20 international
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