An anthropologist finds cave paintings, secret cures, and a hot boyfriend when he teams with the spirit world to defeat a drug lord.
Risk-averse anthropologist ADRIAN THORNAPPLE has been playing it safe with an office job, but when his neighbor ODs on his doorstep, he finally gets that life is short, civilization doesn’t mean safe, and that he should follow his dreams. He agrees to go on an Amazon expedition, but the journey morphs into a nightmare of illegal drugs, slave labor, and a terrifying quest through the rainforest and across the spirit plane.
Lost and desperate, Adrian partners with secret operative CAPTAIN THOMAS FERRELL, who has been unwittingly shape-shifted into a savage man-eating jaguar. Unlike most shape-shifters, Tom is unable to go back and forth at will or with the moon. Instead, he’s trapped in jaguar form with a serious time constraint—his humanity is slowly being overridden by the cat.
Together, Adrian and Tom find the lost temple, bring down the drug lords, and fall in love.