The year 2036 and the world is at war. Nine of the toughest and most murderous criminals are recruited from a military prison with the offer of a pardon if they will undertake a dangerous mission to capture an enemy recycling plant. Under Major Agatha Doyle they mount the assault – only to find that the personnel in the plant have all been slaughtered by something non-human. But then they realize that whatever killed the others is still there and is now stalking them.