When a friend is accused of contaminating a human sacrifice, innocent werewolf Isolde finds herself caught up in a murky world of criminal magic. Together with the reckless elf Declan and his enigmatic friend, Michael, Isolde has less than 60 hours to uncover a conspiracy to destroy the Were packs. As she tries to discover what has led some Weres to uncharacteristic attacks on humans, Isolde is drawn into illegal activities which threaten her status a Were judge and result in danger to her colleagues. As the hours pass, she realises that her attempt to save her friend leads inevitably to a fight for her life with her own mate, and with her pack leader. To protect the packs from genocide, she has to find a way to survive