Nefarious assassins. A perilous romance. An ancient mystery. Death, love and revenge stalk teenage prodigies Nestor Lynch and Erika Byrne. The death of Nestor's parents shatters his comfy life at university. Convinced that someone murdered them, Nestor will do anything to prove it and bring the killers to justice. Erika, a born engineer, moved to the big city, leaving her family behind in the country. She wanted a fresh start away from her troubled past. Instead, she finds herself in worse peril. Together, they face mysterious assailants, treachery, and an ancient mystery worth killing for.