Alois Pendergast's old friends - monks from a secluded Buddhist monastery - ask him for help. A mysterious ancient artifact disappeared from their mountain monastery... Legend says that the power hidden in it can bring untold disasters to humanity. But unfortunately, the monks have no idea what the stolen artifact looks like, because for many centuries no one dared to look at it. Pendergast and his student and assistant Constance Greene begin searching for the relic - and find it on board a luxury ocean liner. However, they are a little late - an ominous force has already been unleashed. To save the passengers from certain death and return the artifact to the monastery, Alois and Constance will have to rely not only to his art of detectives, but also to completely different abilities...