Charles Cornick is his pack`s enforcer and lives a harsh life, doing jobs other wolves can`t - or won`t. And his most recent task was rescuing Anna Latham from a life of brutality. This leaves him shot and wounded, but he`s happy to pay the price. Charles is strongly drawn to Anna, and her growing `Omega` powers will see his people through dangerous times. Anna desperately needs her new mountainous home to be safer than the life she`s left behind. But when a rogue werewolf starts murdering hikers, Charles and Anna are sent into the winter forests to investigate. Charles is still weak and will need Anna`s strength as they discover a web of witchcraft that could drag down the whole pack. Including its leader Bran, Charles`s father, head of a vast network of wolves. And if Bran weakens, dark madness could run like a fever through half a continent.