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For some, the pursuit of happiness does not come easily. Almost by definition, being human means to be imperfect, scratched, and scarred. Countless multitudes of men, women, and children are prevented from that very pursuit because they suffer from depression or various mental disorders. But then, four scientists working on the edge of possibility and hope invent a drug that eliminates depression, and a new era of peace and bliss for all emerges. Blending science fiction with hard science, this contemporary fairy tale for a technological world explores the very morality of such a discovery. The work of the fictional scientists is based on real-world research, and they explore the psycho-neurological causes of depression and how new drugs are developed. Can four scientists actually create a sustainable utopia in a lab? Can bliss in a pill truly come without consequences? Is peace for all mankind even a possibility? Sometimes, the price of true happinesseven when it comes in a little pillmay be higher than expected.

It is the year 2022 and our planet’s climate is the worst in recorded climatological history. Greenhouse gases have already caused and continue to cause disasters that are destroying our earth. Something needs urgently to be done to stop the destructive downward spiral that humanity had created by abusing the planet for centuries. Bill Just, a world-renowned philanthropic tycoon, is the co-founder of a new nonprofit organization developed to wage war against greenhouse gases. Together with his partner Walt Beaufort and the organization’s scientists, he develops six radical plans to be implemented consecutively, hopefully ensuring the eradication of the gases from our troposphere. The plans slowly unfold but fail. Now, all that remained for the organization’s personnel was to devise a new Noah’s Ark, Noah’s Ark II, to save at least some fugitives from the destruction and eventually start from this nucleus a new humanity after the passing of the destruction.