Beyond the Pillar of Hercules lays the sunken city of Atlantis. There it lays, somewhere out in the vast realm of the Atlantic ocean. Hundreds of books have been written about Atlantis and its secrets. Lives have been sacrificed to the search.Archeologist in training Francesca Lopez-O'brien is enlisted by a wealthy industrialist to find Atlantis and free its secrets from the secret sect of guardians who are intent on keeping the mystery just that. With an assembled crew, Francesca finds the perfect yacht to carry them on their expedition. A cursed boat with a brutal past.