A three-mile-tall alien comes to rest in rural America, a colossal spike protruding from its torso. In apparent homage to the alien, a serial killer’s victims are stabbed and carved with its patterns. David, the local sheriff, already overwhelmed by his sleepy town’s rapid growth since the alien landed, is totally out of his depth. This intriguing SF premise is woefully underexplored, its high concept reduced to a metaphor for...