<p>An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders and a peace that cannot last.</p><p>A year after the death of a young boy at the hands of an Ynaa three families find themselves at the center of the inevitable conflict witness and victim to events that will touch everyone and teach a terrible lesson.</p>