Phil Adler loved playing football, and with a lot of hard work, he achieved his dream of playing professionally. But a closely guarded family secret, the ability to shapeshift into birds at will, is revealed by a mysterious rival in a painfully public way, threatening his hard-won career and the safety of his loved ones. As an investigation unfolds, he discovers his attackers have dark shapeshifting secrets of their own, and bloody ambitions that will determine the destiny of the world. Phil's extended family of werebirds are diverse and strong, but they may need to put aside their distrust of outsiders, and seek help from some unlikely allies, to save themselves and all humanity.