Werewolves, in which the blood of red-skinned Dog Warriors flows...Vampires are the bearers of the refined culture of the Deep South...They are the true aristocracy among the undead of the New World, and therefore are accustomed to look down on other “spawn of Darkness.” However, the half-breed Indian Mercy Thompson from the tribe of coyote people is a different matter. She grew up in a pack of werewolf leaders in Montana, Adam Hauptmann, and is used to resolving the most complex conflicts between different clans of “night hunters.” She is at home in both the elegant living rooms of vampires and the harsh camps of werewolves. And only she can find criminals trying to destroy her adoptive father and unleash a bloody war among werewolves...