A newspaper headline at a gas station says it all: college students chased by a giant animal up Cherryton Canyon. Steve’s mom calls it a prank. Steve isn’t so sure.

But they’re already headed to the campsite. And something in those woods is watching.

As attacks escalate across the canyon, families, searchers, and survivors are pulled into a growing nightmare. But the deeper they dig, the more they realize something far more sinister is behind it — and it’s closer than any of them know.