As Mt. Vesuvius rains havoc around them in 1944, a small unit of Hitler's SS troops slog their way through Allied lines with a priceless cargo destined for San Sebastiano, Italy. Death relentlessly follows that Nazi treasure to 1975 and Kate Evans. When she finds a desperate letter in her late husband's desk, she is pitched into a nightmare that threatens everything and everyone she holds dear. In Italy to find the truth, she takes on two adversaries. One is a ruthless black-market operator and the other is the Vatican. Which one wants her dead?