"A white-knuckle trip through a gritty, frightening, and all-too-plausible postapocalypse."--Paul Tremblay, author of The Pallbearers Club

Elka barely remembers a time before she knew Trapper. She was just seven years old, wandering lost and hungry in the wilderness, when the solitary hunter took her in. In the years since then, he's taught her how to survive in this desolate land where civilization has been destroyed and men are at the mercy of the elements and each other.

But the man Elka thought she knew has been harboring a terrible, monstrous secret. And now that she knows the truth, she may be his next victim.

But Trapper's taught her far too well. Elka, too, is a predator, and she's going to fight and survive--no matter what the cost.