Hope Ocean is a single mom of two young children who works as a teacher near Sacramento, CA. What can complicate a comfortable and predictable life more than rescuing and harboring an alien? Hope and everyone close to her are giving it their best in a chaotic race against being discovered and a struggle to keep everyone alive and well and out of the government's hands. Hope is one tough woman, from a wonderfully supportive network of friends and family, but can she handle all the personal danger and stress? Her closest friends and precious family are all along for the fast-paced adventure that is making Hope question and second-guess everything.