Eric Hamilton: American ace pilot who had his arm shot off in the war and is desperate because he can't get a job flying.

Dr. Faust: Genetic genius who has regrown arms on monkeys by harnessing the 'regrow gene' of lobsters.

Renata: Innocent bystander who gets caught in a whirlpool of chaos, danger and absurdity.

The great arsenal of chance throws three super-egos into a boiling cauldron of love, conflict, compassion, danger and suspense. Eric Hamilton gains love, but realizes his changes of growing a new arm are zero minus one.

Dr. Faust: "Renata, I'm going to ask you to do what no human being should ask another to do."

Renata mused: "I've heard of sex for love, and even sex for money, but I never heard of sex to grow someone an arm. I'm semi-virginal, if there is such a thing, and I don't know how I'll respond to regualr standard sex, let alone this baroque sex."

"Yes, it's true, Renata may deliver a normal baby boy or a lobster or any mixture thereof."