The Cold River series continues in this exciting saga set on the Cold River Indian Reservation in Oregon. City girl Jennifer Kruger got more than she bargained for when she trespassed on the Cold River Indian Reservation, searching for a legendary creature. She became lost, and stumbled upon grisly evidence of murder and mutilation. Rescued by Cold River Tribal Police Lieutenant "Smokey" Kukup, and caught up in a modern war, she seeks to stay alive as she finds herself becoming attached to Smokey and his precocious nine-year-old daughter.