When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bi...。一位从事真实案例写作,并获得普利策荣誉奖的作家回到家乡,不久即开始研究一个搁浅了40年的少女被杀案例,在同少女的父亲的接触过程中,他渐渐发现他已经倦入了一场可怖的阴谋之中……。