When Fifteen-year-old Kai is not chosen to receive a Spirit Pet he decides that he'll go into the woods and find one. What he finds instead is a sinister creature called a Wendigo, and an old bear guardian spirit named Panchu whom binds with him in order to save his life.

Now together they must find a way to bond, fit into Kai's village, and kill the Wendigo before it binds with another child ... the Chiefs daughter.