391 AD: The famous library and museum in Alexandria is destroyed by a fierce Christian emperor. But a small group of conspirators secretly save the most valuable items and sends them in ships to a remote desolate land… 

          Nowadays: A UN plane with the Secretary-General aboard vanishes over Greenland. Trouble-shooter Dirk Pitt finds himself involved in a dangerous vortex of complex intrigue. And with help of a beautiful, sensual female archeologist who’s digging nearby, he finds an ancient gold coin far further north than it should be…