Noticia de La Vida, Acciones y Virtudes del Sumo Pontifice, Clemente XIV (1776)

Deep in the heart of Africa, stirring beneath the turbulent waters of the Blue Nile, lies a priceless blue diamonda]twenty carats rumored to have been cut from the infamous Hope Diamond during the French revolution. Aptly named the Crocodileas Tear, and like its mother stone, it has also traveled through the centuries with a deadly curse, altering each life that has dared to gaze upon it. A young Earl Tilling lost the Tear in a deadly fight that ended in a plunge to the bottom of the Tis Isat Falls. Fifty years later, old and wheel-chair bound, he discovers a relic from the doomed vessel at an English marketa]someone has found the wreckagea]someone knows where the diamond is. The past has knocked on the door and it must be answered. It is time to bring her home. He will send Johnnie. If anyone can bring it backa]she can.