A Jewish conspiracy and a Bible-era shipwreck lead to perils for a modern-day Indiana Jones.Thirty years after Jesus' death the apostle Paul, victim of a Jewish plot, is arrested and led in chains aboard an old Egyptian grain carrier bound for Rome. Encountering the 'storm of the century, ' the ship never arrives.2000 years later, amateur archaeologist David Connor is on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta looking for evidence of Paul's lost ship. With the help of a smart - and beautiful - professor of ancient history, Caroline, he begins to build a credible case. But just as the artifacts become more convincing, so does the evidence that someone is trying to kill him.