In the heart of the Pointe-aux-Chenes marsh, the legend of the Rougarou is more than just a campfire story-it's a death sentence. When a brutal murder is staged to look like the work of the beast, disgraced detective elRay Jones knows the truth: the real predator is human. As a massive Gulf storm barrels toward the coast, threatening to erase all evidence of a sprawling criminal empire, must race against the rising tide. But in a town built on secrets, the deadliest monsters aren't the ones in the folklore-they're the ones you trust the most. With the floodwaters rising and his own reputation being systematically dismantled by the very people he fought to protect, has one shot to unmask George Manny before the storm swallows them all. In the dark of the bayou, the game is on, and the mask is about to slip.