Dr. Bernard Lemnus, Jr. has always known he was meant for great things. To his utter surprise, he achieves them with the invention of a marvelous new compound, aerosolvent-q, a nearly universal solvent. But, starved for his own success, he rushes the testing process and misses a fatal flaw-under certain conditions it is highly explosive. Allegations roll in, authorities are a hair away, and propelled by a mixture of pride, fear and maniac impulse...