当一位受伤的前狱友来寻求帮助时，早已改过自新的史蒂夫·莱西面临了新的人生选择。

1900年北京，慈禧太后当权、中国领土四分五裂。端亲王力主出兵，并派义和团围困外国使馆，当千军万马兵临城下之际，美国军官义无反顾，率领各国联军作困兽之斗，终于扭转命运，杀出重围。

绰号三脚妖的这种植物是经过基因改造的人工植物，长着可怕的毒刺，并且拥有和动物类似的敏锐感官，以及三只可以移动的 "脚"。在这个故事里，人们为了获取它们身上的油（汁液）而大量种植它们。一场诡异的流星雨用不可思议的亮度照亮了全球，绝大多数人类的眼睛在瞬间变瞎了。三脚妖于是乘人类虚弱之际发动 "叛乱"，可怜的人类因为看不见东西，竟毫无还手之力。该故事于1962年被拍成电影，1981年被BBC拍成电视剧，2009年将再次被BBC拍成电视剧。

Dark tale of one man's determination to survive his tour of duty. Separated from his new wife after only eight days of marriage, private Doll suddenly decides that he will no longer blindly follow the orders of his superiors, following his own mind instead. What follows are a series of poorly planned attacks, in which Doll saves the day, time after time; eventually leading to the taking of the Elephant in the battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. Sgt. Welsh, Doll's immediate line officer grows an affinity for Doll, helping him through his first Kill, but never quite allowing himself to admit his admiration for the young soldier. The final scene of the movie brings home the true horror of war and the meaninglessness of it all.

太空火箭在发射时爆炸，不明飞行物目击报告的增加，最终导致一个死亡的银河系外文明的外星幸存者直接试图使用大规模杀伤性射线武器从不透水的飞碟入侵地球。

故事描述1883年爪哇西部火山爆发，海啸淹没了附近村落，一艘载有修女、孤儿及冒险家的寻宝船亦遭劫难。

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.