Description August 1977.
Astronomers detect the so-called WOW signal: a burst of sound from deep space, near the constellation Sagittarius.
The signal is believed to be extraterrestrial in origin.
The next month, the astronomers send a reply.
Boy, is that a huge mistake.
Because more than four decades later, the alien intelligence has sent an invasion force of exactly one photon--and it's the kind of microscopic threat we could have never seen coming.
In a desert town one hour north of L.
, Lieutenant Ron Pinkerton watches in horror as law-abiding citizens begin to lose their minds--and the laws of gravity.
And then astrophysicist Marisa Stringfellow appears, telling Pinkerton the craziest thing he's ever heard: an alien entity is taking over minds one by one and using their hijacked bodies to create as much mayhem as (in) humanly possible.
The tell-tale sign: a violent twitch that means: goodbye, nervous system.
And now humanity's last chance lies in the hands of hardboiled cop and a heartbroken scientist.
that is, until one of them begins to twitch.
Signal | A burst of sound from deep space near the constellation |
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Pinkerton the craziest thing he's ever heard | An alien entity is taking over minds one by one and using their hijacked bodies to create as much mayhem as (in) humanly possible |
The tell-tale sign | A violent twitch that meansgoodbye nervous system |