An enthusiastic publisher of a paranormal magazine, Hank Galliston, has spent his career chasing clues, debunking myths, and exposing conspiracies. A self-proclaimed devotee of the supernatural, he lives by the motto, “Logic is a compass.” But when his beautiful wife Layla is kidnapped from her antique clock shop, Hank is drawn into one of the most intriguing mysteries in human history, spanning the globe and past centuries. The treasure map is hidden inside one of his wife's clocks, and what it leads to could have catastrophic consequences. Now Hank must decipher the symbols and unravel the map’s secrets, but in a way that the answers do not fall into the wrong hands—the hands of the man they call White Vincent. With two young allies, Rachel and Erron, and the alluring FBI agent Becca Riley, Hank will lead them on an exhilarating race against the clock to find his wife and save humanity.