ALIENS ARE NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT! A retired officer of Her Majesty's Navy discovers an ancient document dated from the year 1548 describing the strange fate of a Spanish galleon carrying tons of gold which mysteriously disappeared "in an instant" while plying placid waters in the South Pacific. Connection is made with an American of dubious character who relates the similar tale of a downed US Naval vessel shrouded in mystery beneath the same waters during World War II. As they labor to locate the sunken Spanish treasure, the two men find themselves involved in the revelation of a strange, closely guarded US government secret, international intrigue, a Chinese conspiracy and the accidental discovery of a huge spherical vessel containing a relentless alien intelligence that has rested quietly on the ocean floor for seven thousand years. THE ALIENS HAVE A LOW OPINION OF HUMANKIND. THEY ARE VERY PATIENT. THEY CAN WAIT