A military unit escorts a scientist to an uncharted planet at the edge of the galaxy to investigate a newly discovered alien microorganism found by colonists at a geological dig site. When the scientist accidentally revives the organism he unknowingly unleashes a terror on the colony.
Having recently lost her twin sister to suicide, Helen Daniels is sent to a remote English cottage to rest and recuperate by her uncle. Upon arrival she meets a few of the locals who befriend her. She describes her difficult childhood growing up in New York and gradually, having won her trust, she...
