It is Christmas Eve in the small town of Windham nestled in the foothills of the White Mountains and the townsfolk are preparing for the Christmas holidays. Last-minute shopping continues into the evening as snow dusts the festive streets. The Brighton family closes their second-hand book store and boards old No. 39, an antique steam train, bound for Cable Station and home. When Robert, Sally, and their three children leave Cable Station, they are driven to take shelter from a howling blizzard at grandpa Henry's farmhouse. Outside, a fearful evil waits. It has been stalking the descendants of Adam and Eve down the long corridors of time and has descended upon the farmhouse. Standing between them and the mysterious enemy is a shipping crate marked 'Antique de Lionel'. It contains a gift. A gift that will mean the difference between life and death for the Brighton family. Join them as their adventure weaves across the pages of Biblical history with stops in Eden, Babel, and Babylon.