An Egyptian mask jumps onto Layla Noel's face during a college tour of a museum. This act propels Layla into an ancient knowledge quest conducted by Thoth the Atlantean. Having learned the ancient mysteries, she is then steered into alerting the world of the predicted Armageddon, which is slated to begin according to Aztec calendars on December 21, 2012. Layla, guided by a cosmic Mask of Time, becomes a beacon that shows the world how to survive earth's most extreme catastrophic event in 950,000 years. Does earth as we know it, survive? Does humanity heed the lessons taught?
It is the love of history that brings four friends together in college. On a class tour of the De Young Museum in San Francisco, an old Egyptian mask mysteriously implants itself on our heroine Layla Noel's face. During a tour of Egypt, the mask takes Layla and her three companions, Ricky James, Josi Moore, and J.J. Martini, on a journey into the past. Strange events occur including a meeting with Thoth...