When his brother goes missing on a remote hiking trail, Jack Rollings goes in search of him but soon finds himself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a creature thought only to be that of legend.

Jakob, a former teacher who lost his job due to the new Communist system, can only stand by and watch as the world around him slowly disintegrates, and fear and suspicion rule the day. Like most of the men, he soon finds himself in a Soviet prison.

Follows Jim Bickerman, a poacher who discovers that his local lake is inhabited by man-eating crocodiles.