TWO THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE CHRIST, a man named Abraham tells his tribe stories of the creation of the world. A young boy, in awe of Abraham, writes down his account on simple tablets of clay.

Today, a young archaeologist searches for a treasure that will rewrite history - an explosive account of the world's creation, recorded millennia ago on to the legendary Bible of Clay. But when she begins excavations in war-torn Iraq she realises her enemies will stop at nothing to have her killed.