A journalist and a reclusive professor have 10 days to find someone named Basil or the world will be destroyed. They know nothing about him except his first name. They have, however, discovered a communication device that gives them clues, but only the professor can read it, and the journalist has excellent reasons for doubting the professor’s sanity. Along the way, they must kidnap a Reality TV star, trust a woman with a mysterious past, and get the cooperation of a dysfunctional family of clones, all while eluding competing journalists, gangsters, and soldiers. Written with humor and filled with plot twists, this story gives new meaning to the phrase, "We are not alone."