When I was eight, I saved a boy from getting snakebit. Him and me was the best of friends after that, right up ‘til high school hit and we was both forced to move on.

Years later, Riley Treadwell walked back into my life, all growed up, and with him come a monster-sized problem. Seemed trouble was brewing in Lake Burton, trouble big and mean enough to take out docks and scare the life outta anybody what seen it.

Then there was the toxic waste somebody dumped into the local waterways. Nobody was talking, but somebody sure was guilty, and I aimed to find out who.

Then things heated up and me and Riley found ourselves neck deep in trouble on a whole new level. This time, though, I weren’t sure if I could save him from the monsters, and the humans, gunning for us both.