Carl has loved astronomy ever since he can remember. He is still waiting to experience some form of phenemenon. One night while sitting in his attic with his telescope pointed toward the sky, Carl finally gets his wish as a meteor shower begins. After an egg-shaped meteorite lands in his yard, Carl rescues the object without any idea that inside is a hungry alien baby who needs a human host. Moments later, the alien breaks out of the meteorite and claws its way into Carls brain where it begins feasting. The alien has no idea where it is or what it is supposed to do there. All it knows is that it needs to feed on blood. As the alien attempts to acclimate to its strange new world and learns to speak, it searches for hosts, leaving destruction in its path. When a detective is assigned to investigate multiple bizarre deaths, he quickly realizes he is not dealing with an ordinary killer. As he is led down a path he never could have imagined, now only time will tell if he will find the elusive little alien or if the alien will find him first. In this horror novel, an alien baby crashes to earth during a meteorite shower and begins a killing spree to survive that attracts the attention of a determined police detective.