Lord of the World

Robert Hugh Benson’s sci-fi classic Lord of the World delivers a stark warning of the dangers of secular humanism. Written in 1907, the novel chronicles the rise of the Antichrist in a dystopian future, where God has been abandoned and humanity itself has become the object of worship. Percy Franklin, one of the few Catholic priests left, finds himself putting everything on the line for the faith that is now a crime punishable by death.      

The first novel published in the Word on Fire Classics line, Lord of the World has been called prophetic by popes Benedict and Francis for its depiction of the ultimate consequences of a secular “new world order.” What promises peace and progress in reality brings only destruction and despair, and in the face of such evil can stand only one opponent: the Catholic Church.

336 Pages.

Hardcover.