Profit of Doom

This story tells of two families who innocently become enmeshed in an international conspiracy that began in the years between the Great Depression and the beginnings of World War II. Then and today this conspiracy manifests itself as the President's Council on Economic Impact and Planning . The basis for this story may be, at least in part, true. There are valid reasons to believe that it is. The protagonist develops an innovation he believes to be the answer to the world's energy problems and attempts to acquire patent rights. At this time he learns the magnitude of the Council's power.