Loralei Silver lives in a small town with her father David. He is the head of the Venandi, a group known for hunting the things that go bump in the night. Any monster that crosses their path she will kill without hesitation, her father has trained her for it since she could walk. On her 18th birthday she will take over her father's position as head of the Venandi, and she couldn't be happier. Until the eve of her birthday when she meets a mysterious stranger and learns a startling truth about herself, her father and the monsters they hunt.