Missing Genes chronicles the rise and fall of a charasmatic character, who achieves everything and then, in a moment of madness, loses all that he has ever worked for. Charles Darwin once wrote that it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Through cunning and craft Dieter von Murren responds and adapts to his spectacular downfall but other evil forces are at work. Missing Genes introduces a myriad of characters that you will love to hate. Many are indeed missing vital genes; some are merely eccentric, other utterly wicked. The tale is woven in and around the Swiss city of Basel, with all its ancient traditions. But even here danger and wickedness lurk in the shadows.