Teresa Wagner engages in a particularly dubious form of archaeology. She plunders old shipwrecks and sells the loot on the international antiques market. Unbeknownst to her, Teresa uncovers a secret that fundamentally challenges our modern worldview. From now on, it's not just about ancient coins or valuable jewelry. Her initially unremarkable find catapults Teresa right into a conspiracy of ruthless, even demonic forces. Deadly adversaries relentlessly pursue Teresa and her companion, the engineering scientist Niklas Berger, across half of Europe. The alliance of evil aims to permanently destroy the evidence that has been missing for over a thousand years. In this debut novel, readers breathlessly follow a heroine who unravels not only a great mystery but also her own contradictions.