It's been three years since the attack on the logging camp by an unknown creature, the Snag. In all that time, young Zack hasn't been idle, and has been working diligently with his boss, Mat, to take the company in a more profitable and safer direction. All his hard work will soon pay off, as they begin their final season before the conversion.
Unfortunately, their work site is uncomfortably close to where the attacks took place, and everyone is understandably on edge. Things get even more tense for Zack when he discovers that one of his old buddies has just been hired, and Zack is forced to confront old temptations.
Meanwhile, two governmental agents follow strange happenings in the countryside communities that call the edge of the forest their home. Something ancient has prowled these dark woods for millennia, and for the first time in thousands of years, there's something new.