Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451457471, Paperback)

Working freelance for the Lone Star police department, Romulus dreams of becoming an official uniformed officer. But as a "shifter" --a wolf who can assume human form--he is not recognized as a person by the government. When he meets "Jane Doe," a beautiful amnesiac who is linked to a major smuggling ring, he sees his chance to prove himself worthy by cracking the case. But who is importing the tentacled monsters that leave their victims smiling in their death throes? And why are so many people interested in "Jane?" In his search for the answers, Romulus may discover the secret to immortality....