Feeling discouraged, author Jules Verne has just abandoned his unfinished novel, Two Years' Vacation. The novel's protagonists have found themselves trapped on an island in the South Pacific, where time has stopped and winter is never-ending. Exhausted but panicked with their story at a standstill, Briant and Doniphan decide to discover what's beyond the dark abyss that interrupts their adventure, and turn up in the author's workshop! Who says destiny is out of our hands?