About the book: 1996 / A talented chemist at a research laboratory, Gregory Barrow, is developing, by order of the Pentagon, a hormonal drug that can dramatically increase the aggressiveness of soldiers. At the same time, his colleague and longtime friend Marlene Todd is working on the exact opposite project - she is creating a cologne for men that awakens feelings of love and kindness in a person. These two sensational discoveries become the cause of a number of life collisions - sometimes funny, and sometimes very dangerous..