August 1986: a small town, cut off from the rest of the world, confronts a creature beyond earthly understanding. As the only road in or out is about to be demolished, the decaying mining town of Miskawabik, Michigan receives a pair of unlikely visitors. The first is Eunice Foote, born and bred in Miskawabik, the only black girl in a place so far removed from modern sensibilities. She vowed never to return after she started medical school, but her father's failing health draws her back for what she hopes is the last time. The second is an extraterrestrial lifeform. It has no bad memories of home, no anger toward the townspeople, no love for family. It only wants to control and consume. Impostor is a science-fiction/horror novel with a brutally dark sense of humor, biting social commentary, and plenty of homages to horror films of the 1970's and 1980's.