William Templeton, widower and police chief of Eden, North Carolina is working the scene of a local woman?s drowning when the body is found with an old gold coin in her pocket ? identical to a coin that was discovered on Catherine's body, his estranged wife, over a year ago. Catherine?s case, originally deemed a tragic accident, has been reopened, forcing William to step down as police chief. Historian and Blackbeard expert, Eva Knightly, is brought into the investigation to help identify the coins and can?t understand why her good friend Catherine never mentioned anything about it. When more coins surface at a local church, Eva and William know it?s more than mere coincidence. With the entire town whispering about Blackbeard, cursed coins, and lost treasure, it becomes hard to separate what is true and what is a myth.