Two teenage boys on a deer hunt in northwest Iowa watch as a trophy buck flees before either can release an arrow. Something in the crumbling cellar frightened the animal away. Curious to know what disturbed the deer, they open the shelter door and hell erupts.
The sudden failure of an outstanding student, his fiancée’s new job opportunities, and a personnel action weigh heavily on CJ Hand. To add to his troubles, his daughter calls with news about his former wife, and a disturbing past leads him back to Lincoln, Nebraska to confront these new demons. At semester's end, on an icy and snowy day, his life would change once again.
Dr. Trisha Baker becomes a hunter with the intent to destroy a predator. She seeks revenge for her friends and herself, and to erase the painful memory of losing her fiancé.