Nordenholt's Million

"Nordenholt's Million" by J. J. Connington is a story set in the near future, where a strange ecological disaster known as the "Blight" endangers the world. Flint, a former automobile businessman, finds himself caught up in this disaster after meeting Wotherspoon, a scientist, and witnessing a strange incident in his lab. As the Blight destroys crops and London faces food shortages, Flint is pulled into a world of political games and tough choices that leaders must make to ensure society's survival. The story kicks off with Flint recalling his past success before dealing with a growing crisis that will change everything, foreshadowing a wild ride as humanity copes with a collapsing world.

Alfred Walter Stewart was a British chemist and part-time novelist who wrote seventeen detective novels and a pioneering science fiction work between 1923 and 1947 under the pseudonym of JJ Connington. He created several fictional detectives, including Superintendent Ross and Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield.