Hidden deep in the mist of the Pacific Northwest sits Willow Creek, a town that survives on half-truths, whiskey, and fear. When bodies begin turning up in the woods—“mauled”—the locals blame animals or serial killers. The sheriff’s department blames desperation. But David Wolverton, a haunted private investigator with eyes that glint like a predator’s, knows better. He once belonged to a secret brotherhood that sold its souls for power under the full moon, and the murders bear their mark. Drawn back to the place he swore to forget, David must track the killers before the next moonrise forces his own transformation. Caught between a past soaked in blood and a deputy who refuses to let him face the darkness alone, he walks a knife’s edge between man and monster. As Willow Creek descends into chaos—biker gangs cutting deals with crime lords, ancient spirits stirring on reservation land, and the moon swelling red above the pines—David learns that every debt written in blood must one day be paid.
