That’s true...a very good way to describe those books. Do you have a favorite, and do you know of another writer with similar themes?? They do seem to match the times we find ourselves in.
Just read An Old Captivity. Don’t think I have read that before.
Don’t know anyone who writes like Nevil Shute. Although, as an early aviation engineer he does fit in with the other early aviators who were such wonderful writers. They all seemed to have an interesting combination of pragmatism and mysticim.