On the verge of becoming captain of his own ship and marrying the woman he loves, a young sailor's life is shattered in a single moment. Arrested at his own wedding feast on false charges of treason, he finds himself torn from everything he holds dear and imprisoned in a fortress from which no one has ever escaped. Years pass in darkness and despair, and the promising young man transforms into something else entirely. Through an unexpected friendship with a fellow prisoner, he gains not only knowledge and wisdom but also the secret to a treasure beyond imagination. When he finally breaks free from his stone tomb, he emerges as someone new, someone with the means and the will to seek out those who destroyed his life.

Now a mysterious nobleman of unfathomable wealth, he moves through the highest circles of Parisian society like a ghost from the past. No one recognizes the broken prisoner in this enigmatic count who seems to know everything about everyone. His former enemies have prospered in his absence, building fortunes and reputations on the ruin they made of an innocent man. But fate, with a little guidance, has a way of catching up to those who think themselves untouchable. As carefully laid plans begin to unfold, the question becomes not whether justice will be served, but whether revenge and justice are truly the same thing.

This is The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas' epic tale of betrayal and retribution. A story that asks how far a man will go when he has lost everything, and what he might lose in the pursuit of making others pay.