Anastasia Nedved is a brilliant and beautiful, Czechoslovakian archaeologist working a dig in Iraq with the distinguished English professor John Campbell. Thieves murder two guards and steal cuneiforms explaining the celestial movements that influenced ancient civilizations. The U.S. Army, which is in control of the region, assigns a very unique body guard to protect a reluctant Anastasia. When the professor is kidnapped, Anastasia is determined to exploit her vast European influences and travel wherever she must to find him. So, with body guard in tow, she travels around the world from the Iraqi desert to the jungles of Mesoamerica in search of the professor. What follows is a mysterious and hilarious romp through the jungle with the six foot tall lady and her five foot five body guard, who has some secrets of his own. They must deal with a man bent on ruling the world ... and more interestingly, with each other. The cast of characters include Anastasia's mysterious Uncle Jan; Larsen, a Texas FBI agent, who speaks more Texan than English; the tyrant who kidnapped the professor; the professor; and an infamous Mayan drug lord known as the Black Orchid.