When a pleading letter from a long-lost friend summons renowned adventurer Seamus Tripp to the backwoods of the Ozark mountains, he is drawn into his most harrowing quest yet: to discover what is stalking man and beast in the town of Red Lion, Arkansas.
But once Seamus and his companions arrive, they discover that a trophy hunter is already two steps ahead of them and a mysterious local seems to be following them two steps behind. Nonetheless, they plunge deep into the Ozarks to find the elusive creature, risking life and limb in the snowy hills and the deep ravines of the Arkansas mountains. They soon discover that their adversaries are greater even than their worst fears.
Stand with Seamus Tripp as he confronts the cold wind of the Ozark winter and a fiercesome predator that is the key to secrets as old as the hills!