Ichirin woke up in smoke. Then her day got weird. It's not that she was in a fire. No, she was made of smoke. That's how she knew there was a new monster in Seattle, and she was going to have to deal with it. You see, Ichirin is a Hunter, blessed (or cursed) with an amulet containing an ancient kami bound to assist her in her task of protecting the people of the Pacific Northwest from supernatural dangers. Only, sometimes the kami isn't all that forthcoming...