Feeling discouraged, author Jules Verne has just abandoned his unfinished novel, "Two Years Vacation." The novel s protagonists have found themselves trapped on an island in the South Pacific, where time has stopped and winter is never-ending. Exhausted but panicked with their story at a standstill, Briant and Doniphan decide to discover what s beyond the dark abyss that interrupts their adventure, and turn up in the author s workshop Who says destiny is out of our hands?"