'To be understood by another human being is the greatest gift...' p>

These words strike a chord with Justine, an ambitious international television news reporter who is proud of her independence and success and poised for global media stardom as war looms in Iraq.

But the haunting insecurities which lurk beneath her glamorous public image have damaged her relationships and threaten her chances of happiness.

Then she falls in love with a man who seems to understand what drives her.

The problem is he is married -- and lives next door. And when his wife finds out, the stage is set...

They were outcasts... The doppelganger: a myth, a night fright, as singular as an individual's nightmare-a demon's blunder in search of a love that can never be. The wendigo: a half-breed, an abomination that hides from his own race. They won't let him forget what he did, he can't fight who he is, and desire is only a need that ends in disaster. ...until they met. Can two very different creatures find love in a world where hope leads to disappointment, and relationships end in death? They'll have to fight all that is Down Under to find out."