The story itself starts shortly before the young Leith finds his old mentor, philosopher and astronomer murdered. He knows then that he must go with his partner and childhood friend, Princess Ussa, in search of the culprits. Then, they find during a chaotic journey, putting their lives and those of others in danger, the terrible secret that the authorities try to hide from the population. He is assisted to do so by a young person, a being who comes regularly in his dreams. What he believes to be an angel, is actually a girl of his age living 11,800 years in his future, our present. She tells him the story of his country. He then makes the connection between the old myth telling the destruction of Atlantis, followed by a deluge, and the mysterious disappearances and assassinations of astronomers and scientists. What the two friends did not anticipate is that they fall in love with this girl and her brother. Will they ever meet in the flesh?