Popular, intelligent, pretty, and vivacious, Alexis Tate is a young woman any mother would be proud to claim as her daughter. As she prepares to graduate from high school, Alex confronts those issues faced by many girls on the verge of womanhood; relationships, a first job, and going away to university. There is one other complication in Alex's life not shared by other girls, however. She has a newly-realized "calling," one which will place her life in grave danger. With Seattle terrorized by the serial killer know as the 'Woodsman, ' how long will it be before their paths ultimately cross?