The town where Alan Groombridge lives is a remote, sleepy place, and Alan himself is an unremarkable bank employee. His life is not at all similar to the one he once imagined while voraciously reading romantic and heroic books. So he should live quietly and peacefully, whileing away his life without shocks and worries. But everything changed in an instant when, in broad daylight, robbers broke into the bank branch where he worked, took what money they could find, and disappeared. The other part of the money remained in the safe, the keys to which Alan had. And then Groombridge realized: here it is, a chance to change his boring life...