Sixteen year old Ben Weir's world is ripped apart when his father, world-renowned scientist Professor David Weir, and his wife, are killed in a rogue laboratory accident. Escaping the fall out of his parents' deaths, Ben's uncle takes him to the Italian Riviera town of Alassio, but while there his uncle disappears. With the help of his new found friend, Richard Osborne, Ben formulates a plan to find out what really happened to his uncle and parents. His investigations bring him up against deranged scientist Dr Henrik von Moltke, his father's main rival, and the man who stole his work using it to genetically engineer a lethal parasitic fungus for use in biological warfare. Join Ben, as he is forced to fight for his life, in this fast paced adventure of truth and revenge.