A gripping, high-concept thriller for fans of Dan Brown and Sam Bourne. In the silent caves of deepest France, young archaeologist Julia Kerrigan unearths an ancient skull with a hole bored through the forehead. Meanwhile, in the jungles of south-east Asia, photographer Jake Thurby is offered a curious assignment by a beautiful and determined Cambodian lawyer investigating finds at the mysterious 2000-year-old Plain of Jars. As the archaeologist, lawyer and photographer pursue their separate quests for the truth, an underlying pattern begins to emerge that connects these far-flung events in the most terrifying and unimaginable way.