D然而，生活的单调不能奏出优美的音乐，世界的庸俗不能激发出灿烂的火花，人类情感的温暖和寒冷不能融合成五彩缤纷的彩霞。所有这一切给人类的孤独增加了更多的忧郁和沉默ennis Allan is an scientist who visits Haiti on the strength of a rumour of a drug which renders the recipient totally paralyzed but conscious. The drug's effects often fool doctors, who declare the victims dead. Could this be the origin of the "zombie" legend? Alan embarks on a surprising and often surreal investigation of the turbulent social chaos that is Haiti during the revolution which ousted hated dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier. Often a pawn in a greater game, Alan must decide what is science, what is superstition, and what is the unknown in a anarchistic society where police corruption and witch-doctory are commonplace.