21st Century: Writer Nick Tosches is hired by a mafia boss to oversee and authenticate the original handwritten manuscript of Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” which has just been stolen from the Vatican. Nick then confidently joins forces with assassin Louie (Gerard Butler) to plan the theft of this priceless treasure, setting the stage for an arms war in the underworld.

14th Century: Italian poet Dante Alighieri is struggling with exile and creative block in his search for inspiration to complete his greatest work.