When a cosmic anomaly threatens Earth's existence, a man's normal life spirals into chaos. Joe Steadman is an everyman—broken, grieving, and struggling to connect with his daughters as his personal demons have led him down a path of despair and anger. Above him, a relentless scientist with his own troubled past, Control, sees desperate times calling for desperate measures. He believes he can harness the cosmic forces putting Earth at risk, aiming to turn one human into a godlike being to save the world, and he zeroes in on Joe as his unwilling subject.

Control manipulates Joe's life, pushing him to the brink as the experiment's human conduit, subjecting him to a series of increasingly dangerous tests. Meanwhile, the stress and mystery of his sudden predicament take their toll on Joe's already fragile relationship with his daughters. As the situation escalates, the experiment starts to have startling physical and mental effects on Joe. Unbeknownst to him, his transformation holds the key not just to his own fate, but also to the survival of the entire human race, forcing him to face his inner turmoil and the cosmic threat head-on.