An alien crashes deep into the oil fields of New Mexico with a mission: he has eight hours to find the one woman on earth who can save his species. Together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours.

After the shocking discovery that The Mission is far more complex and dangerous than he believed, and the only human who can guide him abandons him to protect her family and her sanity, Faraday must go it alone, unaware that he's suddenly on the radar of a CIA agent.

In what we would call a love letter to his wife on Anthea, Faraday shares with her the complexities of becoming human.

The epic finale, when all secrets are revealed, only to be replaced by deeper mysteries.