Dr. Chelsea Buckley, anthropology professor at Colgate University and a leading authority on cryptozoology and folklore, receives a late-night call from Pete Callahan, a shaken Catskills park ranger. Campers are reporting sightings of a towering, bipedal canine with burning red eyes, a creature long whispered about in local legend as the Dogman. Most dismiss it as hysteria. Chelsea does not.

Certain there is something deliberate behind the fear, she gathers her trusted team: her husband, Francois; tactical specialist Lux Makarios and her husband, Ben; and Dustin "Cowboy" McCord and his wife, Ash. What begins as a search for a creature of legend quickly turns into something far more personal.
In the dead of night, Ash disappears.

Stranded in the vast and unforgiving wilderness, the team realizes they are no longer the hunters. They are the hunted. Someone, or something, has anticipated their every move. As they press deeper into the Catskills, land sacred to the Lenape and steeped in ancient stories, the line between myth and calculated manipulation begins to vanish.

As they race to find Ash, a chilling truth emerges. This was never a random sighting. It was a lure.

And the trap was built for them.

In the shadows between the trees, something is watching. Patient. Intelligent. Far closer than they ever imagined.

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• Publication Date: February 20, 2026
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• Print Length: 154 Pages
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