In a backwoods corner of Appalachia, the re-introduction of the wolf has thuggish redneck Jake Hammond in a tizzy. A swaggering bully who likes to kill things –pretty much anything—Jake demonizes the unpopular canines and sees them as natural targets. He doesn’t care much for soft-spoken, long-haired Kevin Faraday, an Army vet who keeps mostly to himself, and isn’t impressed by the young man’s plea on the animals’ behalf. But it might be a good idea to pay more heed –because there’s a full moon coming, and not all of the wolves in the area come from a re-introduction program….