A Murdering Monster and a Myth Come to LifeAfter a police shootout where she killed a man criminologist Maggie Tall Bear Sloan retires from the force to enjoy peace and quiet in rural California When sets of young twins are murdered in her town the local sheriff recruits her to solve the gruesome killingsBut to catch a killer Maggie either accepts her true nature as a pukkukwerek the shapeshifting monster killer of Yurok legendor more children will dieAs the manhunt intensifies and her own family is threatened Maggie will do whatever it takes to keep them safe Whether shes awake or asleep dreaming Maggie is faced with a difficult choice embrace her heritageeven if it means turning into myth itselfor deny that heritage and lose everything