A rugged outdoorsman stumbles across a chilling secret buried in the small town of Heart Lake…and becomes the target of a deadly predator.
College girls keep going missing from the old highway that bypasses Heart Lake.
Uri Dakota, better known as Running Bear to the residents of the nearby Comanche reservation, refuses to allow his niece to become the next victim of whatever evil is lurking.
To protect her until her graduation, he camps along the old route, changing his location every night.
He doesn’t expect to uncover the truth about the disappearances so quickly, much less become the one being hunted.
Dr. April Chandrakanta, a world-renowned forensic medical examiner, arrives to help the Heart Lake Police Department identify a mysterious set of bones that appeared in their overnight drop box.
A growing number of locals fear the extended disappearance of the town’s beloved wilderness survivalist makes him look guilty of the horrific crime she painstakingly pieces together.
But bones don’t lie, and it’s up to her and her newfound allies at Lonestar Security to get them to “talk” before a brave, innocent man is framed while the real killer goes free.
