The from Algonquin legend, is a cannibalistic spirit which possesses humans and causes the possessed to transform into an extremely emaciated creature, which is skeletal gray in color and exudes the stench of putrefying meat. A small hunting party embarks on an expedition through the densely forested and unclaimed north Canadian wilderness to hunt moose. The party splits into two pairs, and the main characters Simpson and his native guide, Defago, are subjected to profoundly ominous and unnerving events. Defago is dragged from the pairs tent and disappears into the trees. Simpson escapes and returns with the rest of the group whereupon they discover Dafago but strangely altered. The Wendigo takes the reader along through the tale as if they were a member of the hunting party. A sense of dread of the unknown is slowly developed. This book is a superbly written campfire tale.