The story takes place in 1924, just a few years after Indiana's youthful encounter with the Cross of Coronado in the Opening of The Last Crusade and few years before his gritty adventures in The Temple of Doom. A Early 20s Indiana Jones, fresh out of university and eager to prove himself, finds himself caught in a race against time to retrieve an artifact known as the Emerald Spear—a mysterious relic believed to grant its wearer visions of the future. When Indy's old mentor, Professor Abner Ravenwood, uncovers clues pointing to the Spear's location deep in the Amazon rainforest, the two set out on an expedition funded by a questionable yet charming financier. Along the way, Indy begins to uncover the dark motivations of those around him—especially when a secretive cult, obsessed with the prophecy of the Spear, sets their sights on stealing the artifact for their own apocalyptic agenda.