When high schooler Sam Bishop is attacked by a rogue Weretiger in the mountains of Virginia, his life is irrevocably changed. The only survivor of the attack, he is taken in by the undisputed ruler of the local Were, Ben Boone. As Sam slowly becomes acclimated to his new life in an increasingly complicated Were society, continued attacks from the Weretiger who changed him forces him to accept who he is, what he has become, and what he will do to protect himself and the others in his life.