# Nordenholt’s Million — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Nordenholt’s Million by J. J. Connington.

- [Nordenholt's Million](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/nordenholt-s-million.md): The narrator describes the sudden appearance of a mysterious blight that destroys crops worldwide, leading to global panic and societal collapse. Amidst the chaos, the industrialist Nordenholt reveals a plan to save a se
- [I: Genesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/i-genesis.md): The narrator, a successful businessman and engineer named Flint, recounts his background and his acquaintance with Wotherspoon, a popular but scientifically mediocre lecturer. During a thunderstorm, Wotherspoon explains 
- [II: The Coming of "The Blight"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/ii-the-coming-of-the-blight.md): The chapter describes the initial appearance and rapid spread of a mysterious blight affecting vegetation in London's parks, beginning in Regent's Park and quickly extending to other parks and the Home Counties. The narr
- [III: B. Diazotans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/iii-b-diazotans.md): The chapter describes the end of a dry spell with heavy thunderstorms, after which the Blight spreads rapidly, devastating crops across Britain and beyond. The narrator reflects on the financial and social repercussions,
- [IV: Panic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/iv-panic.md): The chapter describes the gradual psychological transition from public indifference to panic as the Blight devastates global wheat crops. The narrator reflects on how the public initially failed to grasp the severity of 

> 17 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=nordenholt_s_million_se_1132kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Nordenholt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/v-nordenholt.md)
- [The Psychology of the Breaking-Strain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/vi-the-psychology-of-the-breaking-strain.md)
- [VII: Nordenholt's Million](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/vii-nordenholt-s-million.md)
- [VIII: The Clyde Valley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/viii-the-clyde-valley.md)
- [IX: Intermezzo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/ix-intermezzo.md)
- [X: The Death of the Leviathan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/x-the-death-of-the-leviathan.md)
- [XI: Fata Morgana](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xi-fata-morgana.md)
- [XII: Nuit Blanche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xii-nuit-blanche.md)
- [XIII: Reconstruction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xiii-reconstruction.md)
- [XIV: Winter in the Outer World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xiv-winter-in-the-outer-world.md)
- [Document B. 53. X. 15](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xv-document-b-53-x-15.md)
- [In the Nitrogen Area](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-nitrogen-area.md)
- [Per Iter Tenebricosum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xvii-per-iter-tenebricosum.md)
- [XVIII: The Eleventh Hour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xviii-the-eleventh-hour.md)
- [XIX: The Breaking-Strain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xix-the-breaking-strain.md)
- [Asgard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xx-asgard.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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