Fictional story about the 1934 London - Melbourne MacPherson Robertson Air race built around actual events and actual people.

正在楼顶边抽烟边浇花的中年男人，一不小心从楼上掉了下去。死前的瞬间，他仿佛看见了自己短暂的一生。“你就要死了”、“所以这里就是你最好最快的去处”在他的脑海里不断浮现。1961年，那时他还是刚刚出生的婴儿。然而随着日历上不断翻滚着的时间，男人的生活从多姿多彩变得枯燥乏味。直到2011年，他终于崩溃在自己的电脑面前。如此单调的日子…

The rich, amoral Zelie is married to Pierre Boucheron, "The Rat" - but her interest in another man is an open secret. Forced to defend his honour, the Rat takes refuge in his old domain of the Paris underworld. But even here he has a rival - and when murder is afoot, the sinister Morel's ambition threatens to…

Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life as the kept man of Zelie de Chaumet. But when she learns he is planning to marry another woman, her vengeance pursues him into the murkiest depths of Paris...