Året er 2089. To arkeologer oppdager en mulig ledetråd til menneskets opprinnelse på jorden. Det mystiske funnet leder dem til universets mørkeste avkroker, hvor de fire år senere våkner opp på en planet befolket av intelligente vesener - og blir nødt til å kjempe ikke bare for sine egne liv, men for å redde hele menneskehetens fremtid.
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius. He manages to keep them, as well as his nephew and niece, prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.