ROBERT LINHARDT, a prominent American scientist, and the author of over 1,000 scientific papers. He has more than 75 notable inventions, leading to his election to the National Academy of Inventors. He was named a Scientific American 10 by the magazine in 2009. Linhardt has previously written two non-fiction books, his memoirs, Time, the Essence of a Man (2021) and its post pandemic follow-up, Time Stops (2023). The current book, Four Legs Good (2024) is his first work of fiction. This novella is an allegorical fable- or perhaps even a parable- about a failed scientific experiment that leads to the breakdown of barriers between humans and a neighboring species.