Normally, life on the Mediterranean island of Malta is safe and calm. Then two professors go missing on the same day. A baker starts dealing in a shady side business. A woman wakes up in a mysterious clinic. Soon a more dangerous picture begins to emerge. Foreign intelligence agents become involved as religion, ancient civilizations and modern cybertechnology intertwine to expose just how fragile the balance between people and power really is. Tangled in a web of misinformation, conspiracy and shifting allegiances, they race to unravel—or propel forward—a sequence of events that could change the world forever.