When a viciously mangled corpse is discovered, Jane struggles to keep her students safe and calm. The Apaches blame wendigos, but Calvin has trouble believing his trading partners. A demon who possesses the dead and craves human flesh sounds like a campfire tale.
When Jane's daughter is attacked, Calvin offers the sweet schoolteacher an armed escort home from school. Although home is hardly safe, considering Jane's husband is the meanest drunk in town.
The hanging of an outlaw exposes a gruesome truth--anyone could become a wendigo. A rider goes out for help but his horse comes back without him. The town of Morely will stand or fall on its own. Shots are fired, secrets are exposed and love is tested. Can the townsfolk band together or will Morley become another ghost town of the West?