On August 2, 2045, a silent geometric light show of deep green and violet paints the night sky over the Pacific Ocean. While the world's governments scramble to issue cover stories attributing the anomaly to a US space program, a hidden network of elite scientists recognize it for what it truly is: an extraterrestrial message.
Months later, the curiosity of summer turns into winter’s nightmare when forty-five massive kinetic objects bypass global sensors and slam directly into the Earth. These extraterrestrial devices burrow deep into the planet's crust. As panic grips the globe and the United Nations fractures over a military response, the hastily formed Extraterrestrial Defense Force summons Dr. Erina Wakai from her New Jersey home. Plucked from her quiet life of academic data analysis, Erina must leave everything behind and drive into the night, carrying the burden of being one of the few minds capable of deciphering what humanity has just invited to Earth.