They say there might be a weapon against the buku. She just has to live long enough to find it.
Iris lives in a desperate world. Her village clings to life high in the Rockies, and every day they must hunt for food while running from massive beasts known as buku. Designed in a lab, buku were to be the planet’s salvation. Instead, they destroyed it.
As a medic, Iris does what she can for the people of Camp Five, but food is scarce, the mountains are merciless, and buku are climbing ever closer. No less dangerous are Five's ruthless leader and his jealous son.
Then one day, her hunting squad crosses paths with strangers - including golden-eyed Oso. Her impulsive decision to help them marks her as a traitor and puts them all in danger.
But she must protect the strangers at all cost. Because they may know how to fight the buku.