Twenty genetically engineered pigs. Throats slit.

One deputy. Fighting to bring justice to his home town.

One bitterly cold winter night, an assailant slits the throats of twenty genetically engineered pigs. Deputy Matt Schaffer searches for clues in the snow and down the quiet streets of his sleepy town, while pressured on all sides.

The sheriff seeking reelection. The giant biotechnology company from whose labs came the pigs. Small farmers desperate for new income. Local power brokers out to keep themselves on top. His son, living with his ex-wife in the big city a hundred miles away.

Can Matt bring justice to a desperate small town? And peace to himself?