When Meredith Marsten's floatplane loses power in a storm, the 16-year-old Canadian bush pilot is forced to land on an unknown lake isolated in the wilderness of northern Manitoba, Canada. Realizing that the lake is the very one where she and her step-father had released her now-grown wolf pup back into the wild, Meredith embarks on a quest to reunite with her beloved Wolfie. Thus she begins a suspenseful journey through the pristine boreal forest, a journey full of encounters with the drama of nature, animals, humans, and her own surprising destiny