Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.
A scientist desperately wanting to prove that mermaids exist is ostracized from the scientific community in Japan. He settles down in Australia steadfast on his hypothesis. When a Japanese student visits him in Australia with strange questions about mermaids, how the young man survived in the ocean, and why he doesn't remember anything.
1915년 6월 카이로 호주군 훈련소. 친구들과 이집트의 상인들 등과 재미있는 나날을 보내던 프랭크는 보병과 기병 훈련 모의 교전 중에 아취를 만나게 된다. 두 사람은 젊음을 발산하는 기회도 갖으며 피라및에 올라 '프랭크와 아취 1915년 호주군'이라 새겨놓는다. 아취와 함께 가고 싶은 프랭크는 결국 기병으로 이전하고 이들은 곧 갤리폴리로 출정하는데...
Torn by the conflict between society and her own life, as well as her failing marriage and love for another woman, Cass desperately tried to pull together the pieces of her shattered life.
