A small town in Washington State is the landing site for visiting invaders from another world. Abnormal thunder and lightning storms frequent the town of Blue Falls in the Airborne Mountains. The townspeople are temporarily paralyzed when they make contact with neon lightning balls. Thunder is deafening, but it is not thunder. It is the electrical noise of a spacecraft approaching and landing in Atwater Gorge. Communications are down as the aliens drain electricity. The ship has returned to search for a lost being who was left behind on a previous landing. False storms continue, and their...

Celeste Marchand, unhappy daughter of a clown in a small traveling circus, runs away with the fire eater's son, Billy. They each find temporary destinies on the streets of Massapequa, Long Island, New York. At seventeen, she earns money as an exotic dancer, turning tricks for extra money. Retired Pastor Dunham takes her into his home to protect and educate her. His friend Dr. Bea Collins, a psychiatrist, counsels Celeste each week until Dunham dies, leaving his fortune to Celeste. She relocates in New Orleans, wanting to start an independent existence, hoping to find a forever love to...