On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell heads to the Santa Ana Mountains. But soon his path is blocked by a dirty, wet golden retriever, who does not allow him to go further. That morning, Travis was desperately trying to find at least a grain of happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed, useless life. And so he meets a dog endowed with intelligence, and thanks to her he soon finds his love and at the same time finds himself in the center of events associated with the darkest creature that has ever given rise to human madness...