The search for an elusive artefact leads to misfortune when an American archaeologist puts his family and future on the line. Brooks Willings (David Keith) leads the expedition to the Andes Mountains seeking the precious relic. What he doesn't know is that it will soon turn into an adventure of troubles. The townspeople begin to blame Brooks for every that goes wrong and the clergyman whose house he's staying in no longer wants him around. To top it off, his wife (Nancy Allen) and daughter come to visit him from New York, putting everything he's working for at high risk.