said.

Epilogue

Balto’s heart was racing, pounding.

It had been a full nine weeks since he’d broken his leg, and he’d finally gotten the cast off.

Balto looked behind him.

Kaltag and Blaize were behind him, then Junior and Jill, then Nikki and Star.

The gun sounded, and Balto strained against the harness, feeling a little pain in his leg, but nothing could keep him from being here.

He bolted past the other teams, taking the lead almost instantly.

Balto, the best lead dog in Alaska, was back.