During a long, interminable rainy night, Brad Barron finds himself entrapped in a high-rise building. Hes not alone: with him theres a group that managed to survive the alien invasion, and who now see Brad as their guide in the endeavor to save themselves from the special squad of Morbs sent there precisely to ferret out prisoner number nine. Its crucial to pull together in this predicament, giving up would be fatal. But someone is ready to betray the group, to stab Brad in the back, as it were, for the sake of staying alive and making it till dawn