Strange occurrences. Random attacks on livestock. A missing person... A rural community is paralyzed by fear and local and state investigators haven't the faintest idea who or what is responsible. That's when David Macklin, on leave from the Navy, returns home to find a lonely, heart-broken father and a farm heavily in debt. David is used to threatening situations, but it's different when the enemy is unknown. With the aid of his sister, he uncovers a mystery so bizarre and dangerous he isn't sure anyone can survive it. Only one person has a clue, a Vietnam vet and full-blooded Indian, a man who believes he is the reason the Charik prowls the countryside at night.