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!。故事主要描述家人之间的纽带,从一个戏剧性的节点开始:在一对老夫妇结婚50周年前,丈夫问妻子想要什么生日礼物,得到的答案却是“离婚书”。普通的一家人就这样遭遇到一场危机,所有成员都以此为契机抒发了自己内心的不满。。