The protagonist, after years spent in war-torn Syria, decides to return to Italy, to finally put behind his terrible experiences, and regain his life. But in order to do so, he will have to pay a very high price.
As a child, Luther Watts was deeply affected by seeing a circus geek (someone who bites the heads off live chickens in a circus sideshow). Finally paroled after serving 20 years in prison, he terrorizes the residents of his hometown by making chicken noises, crowing like a rooster and attacking people. He winds up at a farm run by a woman and her daughter, where he takes them captive and then starts killing off her neighbors. The mother realizes she and her daughter must escape before he kills them, too.
民国年间军阀混战，帝国主义列强通过扶持军阀打代理人战争，以此攫取最大利益。张秋风，张秋云兄弟阴差阳错分别成了东洋和西洋博弈工具，两人在暗杀于督军的过程中，逐渐了解自己的身世以及父亲死因。国仇家恨下兄弟二人与帝国主义列强们展开了殊死搏斗。
