August 2012 marked the first shark attack in Cape Cod in almost a century. In less than a decade, the Cape went from being America’s carefree seaside getaway to a place where families are confronted with large beachside billboards that warn of a growing great white shark population swimming just feet off every beach along the Outer Cape. Dr. Greg Skomal, a shark biologist and a leading expert on great white sharks, has found himself at the center of the sharks’ return to the New England coast. With more than three decades of field science, he balances research and conservation initiatives with public safety and economic interests daily. From tagging and tracking to studying predator-prey interactions between sharks and seals, Skomal leaves no stone unturned in his pursuit of the secrets of the great white shark or the puzzle of how humans are to live with these apex predators.