In the wake of the resounding success of the Forum Project and Adam and Tyra's monumental enlightenment in the ruined and deserted backstreets of Rome, their lives have, once more, resumed an air of normality. As the leaves begin to fall and the days grow shorter and colder with the imminent onset of another winter, all appears well in their fine country house where the flickering candle flames and blazing log fires bring warmth and comfort on the chill evenings. In the convivial atmosphere of one of Tyra's elegant dinner parties, their all-seeing and spiritualist friend, Sophie, announces an impending discovery which will not only give them all cause to reflect upon their pasts again but will also see them returning to Italy - not to the great city itself, but to the barren and parched scrubland where, it seems, the hand of man has not moved for an eternity. Within weeks of Sophie's prediction, a team of young archaeologists stumble - quite by chance, on something which when uncovered, will not only confound them with its intrigue and mystery and leave them searching for answers, but will also have far-reaching consequences - not just for Adam, Tyra and Sophie, but for the world of science and archaeology as the incredible truth behind the discovery is revealed.