Hard-nosed reporter Tony inherits a bizarre bequest from Sir Kingsley Weston - a human skull.  Tony puts his years as a reporter to use to begin an enquiry into the meaning of the bequest and into who he really is - and is stunned by what he uncovers.

 Tony's investigations lead him to The Chadwick Foundation - a wealthy and secretive institution dedicated to the paranormal. Are they just rich, powerful people playing an elaborate game, or have they truly gained paranormal powers to see into the future?

 Eve Canning is the keeper of The Foundation's secrets, a powerful and enigmatic woman whose regal beauty turns Tony’s search into a very personal quest - and his life and beliefs upside down.

 Tony has more to fear than just the Chadwick Foundation. Sinister French scientist César Casimir -- expelled from the Pasteur Institute under a cloud -- wants to make Tony the subject of an experiment to prove the existence of precognitive powers -- but it is an experiment conceived in hell, where success means death.

 When Tony is initiated by Eve and her cult into the ultimate terrifying secret, he has a decision to make that can cost him his life: he can achieve a form of immortality but only by risking everything.