High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raising Atlantis (2005) is a novel by Thomas Greanias. It was the author`s first attempt at a thriller, and his first novel. The story follows two characters, an archaeologist named Conrad Yeats (pronounced "Yates") and a linguist (and former nun) named Serena Seghetti, during their exploits to thwart terrorist organizations who wish to use knowledge from Atlantis to take over the world.