Twenty years after vanishing without a trace, an eccentric French archaeologist makes a dramatic reappearance at a major Athens conference, hinting at an astonishing find - the legendary Golden Fleece.

But before he can give his talk, he's found dead in a hotel room; and an out-of-control policeman puts his one-time protégé Augustin Pascal into intensive care before accusing him of murder. Only Augustin's closest friends, Daniel Knox and Gaille Bonnard, can prove his innocence.

However, rumours of the fleece's rediscovery have spread, and. ambitious Georgian oligarch Nergadze is determined to get it first. He sends his psychopathic grandson Mikhail to Athens with orders to bring it back. Mikhail quickly becomes convinced that Dan Knox has it, and slowly moves in for the kill...