Last fall FBI Agent Catalina Davidson barely survived her brutal confrontation with a knife wielding serial killer. Today she'll find out even worst fates await those who venture into the forest unprepared. The small town of Sally's Point in western Washington thought an early start to fire season was the sole threat to summer tourism, but then an unseen force began attacking people in the woods. A handful of incidents could be covered up, but there was no hiding the discovery of a comatose Chicago police detective. Fearful of what's to come, an anonymous late night phone call brings the FBI into the middle of a cold war between the town, a commune of true believers, and the creatures that call the forest home. They will discover that the balance that kept all of them safe is far more fragile than anyone imagined. For there are forces at work in the forest of Hoh that do not wish to share this world anymore.