In the remote mountains of central Asia, an eminent Harvard archaeologist discovers something extraordinary. He sends a cryptic message to two colleagues. But then, he dissapears.

Matt Mattison and Susan Arnot - once lovers, now academic rivals - are going where few humans have ever walked, looking for a relic band of creatures that have existed for over 40,000 years, that possess powers man can only imagine, and that are about to change the face of civilization forever.