Assyriologist Leyman Quijada finds a cuneiform clay tablet fragment that he believes points to photography being used in Assyria of 2,000 BCE.

Despite intense opposition to his belief from colleagues and family and the threat to his personal and professional reputation, he embarks on a quest to locate the rest of the tablet and thus the camera used in ancient Assyria.

Tasha Madelari, a reporter and photographer of incandescent beauty and with veiled origin and intent, is by turns his nemesis and his ally.