This 1907 novel unfolds in a world in which God has been supplanted by a religion of humanity. Gripping tale of the apocalypse, hailed as prophetic by Pope Francis.
Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was ordained as an Anglican priest by his father, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Benson later joined the Church of Rome and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1904. He continued his writing career in addition to his ministry, publishing several ghost and horror stories.
