When seasoned woodsman Harlan Pike finds an injured, unfamiliar pup deep in the backcountry, he doesn’t realize he’s about to share his homestead with a young Dogman. As the weeks pass, he learns to feed and care for it, studying every strange behavior and uncanny instinct while it grows into a powerful, solitary guardian. But as Bow matures — his hump rising, mane forming, and senses sharpening — other eyes in the big woods begin to watch. In a place where Dogmen are known to live alone, the bond between man and creature becomes something rare, fragile, and fiercely protected.