When a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, Officer Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9 police dog Robo, investigate, uncovering secrets about her hometown that may put her own life at risk.

"Two brutal murders, a menacing band of poachers, and a fearsome creature on the loose in the mountains plunge Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner Robo into a sinister vortex. An explosion outside a community dance sends Mattie Cobb and Cole Walker reeling into the night, where they discover a burning van and beside it the body of outfitter Nate Fletcher. But the explosion didn't kill Nate -- it was two gunshots to the heart. The investigation leads them...