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.A., 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.