A mysterious phone call in the middle of the night, a threatening note, and a brutal attack spell trouble for Clint Wolf and other members of the Mechant Loup Police Department.Just when Clint thinks his night can't get any worse, a bold kidnapping attempt sends him and his crew scrambling. When some of the officers confront the abductors, they are met with a hail of bullets. Unable to return fire for fear of hitting the victim, officers watch helplessly as the heavily armed and highly motivated suspects escape into the dark swamps of Louisiana with the victim in tow.A desperate search begins for the victim, but the suspects are in a jet boat and are long gone by the time Officer Melvin Saltzman gets his boat in the water. As Melvin does his best to track the suspects across the murky bayous and swamps, Clint follows up on a promising lead that takes him to the small town of Anchors, Louisiana, where he makes a grisly discovery. However, what he finds is nothing compared to the troubling revelation that he might've been minutes away from rescuing the victim.Clint eventually receives help from an unexpected source, but will it be enough to save the victim before it's too late?