A world government has abolished war and religion, a charismatic American becomes its leader, and the last Catholic priests go underground. Benson published it in 1907; two recent popes have recommended it, and its picture of a benevolent order that cannot tolerate dissent has kept it in print. This edition pairs the novel with 56 plates of painting from 1815 to 1929, among them works by Edvard Munch, Ivan Aivazovsky and Piet Mondrian, and gathers all three books: The Advent, The Encounter and The Victory.