To bring his groundbreaking research to the world, medical scientist Campbell Fletcher must enlist his friends to help him resist growing violent pressure and the corporate resources of a multinational big pharma company. Never before had Dr Anna Rischelli believed her past involvement with Melbourne's underworld would have any relation to subatomic physics. Drawing on expertise in law, literature, science and history, the friends must solve a sixty year old legal mystery, thwart the big pharma billion dollar company, organised crime, conspiracy against the human race and save themselves in order to relieve the pain of millions in need.