China's helping Iran arm its nuclear weapons as it prepares to destroy a nation. Israel, with the help of a defecting Chinese physicist, prepares a preemptive strike to save its people. Tensions escalate as Iran attacks the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and its task force in the Persian Gulf. A 150 year old skeleton is found by geologist, Sam Kolt in an abandoned mining shaft in Jerome, Arizona. The investigation begins a series of events that leads Sam and defense attorney Josh Cardigan across the world in a desperate attempt to stop a nuclear war. Can an ancient Hebrew artifact known as the Shamir be the hidden key to avoid another holocaust.