When trawler skipper Carl Olafson discovers something sinister in the ocean in 2052, he has no idea that he will become part of a struggle to redress climate change. Global warming has reached a crisis point, and the Atlantic Conveyor is about to stop. The prehistoric past not only confronts him but also invades his very soul. A beautiful girl boards his boat, and he gains an adopted daughter, whose origins are beyond fantasy. The child gives vital information but treads a dangerous path in the modern world. The story tells of a massive operation in the North Atlantic to restore a halted Gulf Stream, based some fifty-five years into the future. Love and compassion reach back into the distant past, leaving a young couple devastated and a society ashamed of its criminal minority who mistreat someone who is unique and anxious to help.