二次世界大战期间,美国政府密令军方潜入一中立港口,摧毁德国军舰。既然是中立港口,英国军官路易斯庞和葛文瓦特决定,任何任务失败的人都需三缄其口,他们故意派出酒醉的老人假扮村民,这些老兵真能立大功顺利摧毁敌舰吗?。An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of the Syngenor - the synthesized genetic organism!。