In a world where there have been violent ecological demonstrations against hunting, an extremist law is voted, condemning the killing of an animal (a zoocide) with the same gravity as that of a human. Inspector Coburn, embittered and nihilistic towards this completely absurd new law, finds himself having to investigate the murder of a cockroach. As his investigation progresses, he will reveal the absurdity of this new law and question it at the risk of his life...
