The Taking: a day where monsters crawl from the forest to collect their offerings, the first child of every family. These offerings keep the peace between the last survivors of the human race and the terrors of the Dark Woods. Ava never should have survived the day of the Taking, but fate had other plans for her. She was destined for greatness, and as fate would have it, destined to be the only human member of a vicious pack of wolves. The wolves raised her, teaching her how to survive in the Dark Woods, and how to kill. In order to do what fate has planned, Ava will need to be strong, fierce, and have the heart of a wolf.