Worldwide development of certain molecular systems-nanotechnology- can cure or kill; establishment of a Committee of World Mercenary Industrialists comeforth; rationale is to eliminate-assassinate high-tech scientists who are creating 'unfair' ultra-competitive marketable products; fathers of four teenage boys from four continents are assassinated; boys meet in Switzerland and develop plans for a musketeer revenge team; individual assassinations, murders and massacres begin; industrialists win most battles. The boys' efforts lead them to several fortresses/castles/palaces in China, Syria, Turkey, and South Africa.