The Nemesis of Professor James Aldiss

Dark forces are at work in London. Money and power are corrupting the political and economic systems, involving the sinister global water company Brightwater. The poorest are driven to the edges of existence where crime is the only means of subsistence. Anonymous terrorism destabilises and kills. An MP is murdered. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is considered the one person capable of solving the country's problems is kidnapped murdered. Meanwhile facades of normality survive. Professor Jim Aldiss a distinguished academic sets out to disprove the key theory that justifies the economic system that is having such appalling consequences. A couple of impoverished pensioners discover where the Chancellor is hidden and try to pass the information on without success.