After her perfectly curated online life falls apart, influencer Ashlyn Vallée sets out to win back followers and rediscover who she really is… by embarking on a UFO road trip. What else will she discover?

Alienation is a character-driven sci-fi road dramedy following the journey of Ashlynn Vallée, a cellphone-addicted artist-turned-influencer in the midst of an identity crisis after a very public breakup with her celebrity boyfriend. As her follower count (and income) tumbles, Ash sets out to prove to the world she is interesting enough on her own. Merely returning to her previous identity of “comic art vlogger” will not get her the follower count she needs to maintain her lifestyle, however, so she makes her journey a little more extra: she sets out to experience #vanlife while searching for UFOs.

The initial sensationalism of her plan gives her a popularity boost, as well as a new sponsor who sends her a meteorite necklace to promote while they help fund her trip. But because living on the road is tough, UFOs are hard to find, and the Internet can be cruel, Ash finds herself torn between extreme opinions and confronting her social media addiction in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest.

Ash confides in her co-pilot— an inflatable alien doll— and questions her own sanity as she experiences strange phenomena and begins to suspect that the meteorite necklace she was gifted might be more than it appears. Does her sponsor have a secret agenda? Who is the follower, and who is the influencer?