A boy is found with his throat ripped out, the blood drained from his body. It's not the first such killing, and the town knows who to blame: the vampyr colony in the mountains.
But out-of-state detective Barbara Atkins think the evidence doesn't stack up. People are lying.
And Deadhart has a history of dark secrets.
The snow keeps falling, but so do the victims.
Time is running out for Barbara.
Is she hunting a cold-blooded murderer, or a bloodthirsty monster?
And which does she fear most?