In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact of immense importance was seemingly lost to history in the turmoil of the Communist take over. But when National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers the forgotten plane crash in the Philippines Sea over 60 years later, new clues emerge to it's hidden existence.
But Pitt and his compatriot Al Giordino have larger worries when the are ordered to recover a failed hypersonic missile from Luzon Strait. Only someone else is after it, too...a rogue Chinese military team that makes there own earth shattering discovery, hijacking the ship capable of stirring the waters of the deep into a veritable Devi's Sea.
From the cold dark depths of the Pacific Ocean to the dizzying heights of the Himalaya Mountains, only Dirk Pitt and his children Summer and Dirk Jr., can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation... and save the world from war.
