England was starving when cheap power could have saved her...power that would have been available if atomic research had not been forbidden by the watchful League of Peace... But two scientists chose to ignore this ban, and soon they launched an experiment-an experiment that succeeded too well, and got out of hand, spreading a tide of black death across the country, threatening the whole planet. Neil Hammond, secret agent for the League of Peace, is sent to investigate, and uncovers a terrifying secret...