丹尼•达可（杰克•盖伦霍尔 饰）患有精神疾病，某天晚 上他受到莫名的召唤，梦游，也因此逃避了一架飞机坠落在他房间天花板上，这样匪夷所思的事故。
自此以后，他的生活就发生了变化，频频出现幻觉，他时常看见一个兔人弗兰克，后者告诉他世界将在28天6小时48分12秒以后毁灭；他得到了一本书，《时空旅行奥义书》，对书中提到的时空旅行、离线宇宙产生了强烈的好奇。
随着世界末日的临近，杰克的生活越来约诡异，他新认识的女朋友和家人也被卷了进去。看来，杰克想实现拯救世界的愿望，需要付出更多的代价。

Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler finds it hard to stand and watch. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.