Major David Gibbs is a dedicated and respected soldier in the military. However, while in the deserts of Iraq, Gibbs is imprisoned and tortured, unleashing a side of him that he didn't know existed. With the assistance and accompaniment of two fellow prisoners, Jacoby and Stacy, Gibbs must escape and survive both his captors and himself, while protecting his new partners. When Gibbs discovers a secret society of werewolves, vampires, and other shape-shifters, he is forced to learn a part of his history that his family had kept a secret his whole life. Now, at the age of thirty-three, Gibbs has to learn how to be a completely different animal while exploring his new physical and emotional limits alongside Jacoby and Stacy. Can Gibbs tame the beast inside of him? Does he even want to tame the beast?