After deciphering a message found in a satellite, genius cryptographer Alex Jacobs finds himself being stalked by government agents and otherworldly beings.

The story follows the obviously psychotic Katiebird immediately after the death of her father.

The restaurant is dead in more ways than one. A huge party has canceled and dashed their hopes of a big holiday tip. Surviving the shift becomes much more than side work and a deep clean, when a Karen, unhappiness with her service, goes on a spree to murder the entire staff.

When Ernesto mysteriously falls into their lives, Thomas and Sandra begin to shake the middle-age malaise clouding their marriage, but as Sandra’s attachment to Ernesto deepens, his real motive is exposed.