A humanoid alien warns of a pending catastrophic extinction of life on earth. Then, while appearing to aid the earthlings in their attempt to survive, he cons thousands of them into become willing abductees. Imagine being confronted by an extraterrestrial: "You (earthlings) are soon to be engulfed in an impenetrable shroud which will stifle your seed and petrify your being." What would you do? What could you do? Join scientists, government officials, military men, and the man in the street in their struggle with the concept of annihilation. Could the end of the human race truly be at hand? Or might man's innate desire to survive be enough to overcome seemingly insurmountable tasks? See how, even in such horrific times, love and desire may well be the most powerful human elixir.