In a twenty-first century of aeroplanes, euthanasia and humanitarian religion, Europe stands on the edge of war with the East until a mysterious American, Julian Felsenburgh, unites the world. Father Percy Franklin watches Catholicism shrink to a hunted remnant, while the politician Oliver Brand and his wife Mabel embrace the new order. Benson’s preface admits openly that the book is sensational by design.
An early dystopia written by a Catholic convert, still read alongside Huxley and Orwell for its picture of a godless utopia. Download the free EPUB.