Billionaire Steven Yates' perfect world is suddenly turned upside down when he learns that his daughter Shari, one of two sets of identical twin daughters and sons is kidnapped. The abduction takes place on the evening he planned to announce that the acquisition of Straightup, a robotics software developer and his company RLSD, a military arms conglomerate, has been finalized. The kidnapper's demand that he has 72 hours to divest his ownership of over four billion dollars worth of his stock or his daughter will be killed. A man who has built his life around being in control has an agonizing choice. The action-paced mystery centers around who was involved in the kidnapping and its purpose. Was it an attempt at a hostile take-over, a ransom demand, or an international conspiracy? Were any of his twins involved and if so who and why? He confides in an old friend, retired General Hershall Bullock, to investigate the abduction. Bullock's head strong tenacity follows the events from Palm Beach, Florida to Hong Kong, China, until the kidnappers are brought to their final justice and the circumstances behind his daughter's abduction are revealed.