On a tiny, uninhabited Greek island, a 9,000-year-old manuscript is discovered that reveals an extraordinary secret: mysterious objects from space with the power to alter human DNA have been landing in the Egyptian desert at precise, seventy-year intervals since the beginning of recorded history. With the manuscript's discovery, a series of conflicts begin between a ruthless imposter inside the Vatican and a former detective from Los Angeles that culminate in an explosive revelation about our understanding of time and the nature of modern reality itself.