On a bone-chilling Alaskan winter night, Wyatt McCall – a solitary man in his rugged log cabin – hears an eerie scratching at his door pierce the silence. Peering through the frost-covered window, his heart races: two gaunt wolves stand on his porch, not snarling or baring teeth, but trembling as they paw desperately for refuge. These wild, fearsome creatures gaze at him with pleading eyes instead of menace. Against every instinct warning of danger, he swings the door open – and what unfolds next will leave him stunned beyond belief…