As the 21st century dawns, a battle-hardened Authority turns its attention to a previously unchallenged class of villains the invisible power brokers who manipulate the world s political figureheads to advance their own selfish interests. The powers that be, however, didn t get where they are by playing nice. They ve made plans for every contingency including teams of insanely powerful superhumans with sentient, city-size, interdimensional spaceships. So when the Authority begins to seriously upset their hard-won networks of control, the backlash that results is as swift as it is devastating. But as bad as things get, these attacks are still comprehensible on a human scale. The same can t be said for what is following in their wake. This volume collects The Authority #13-29, The Authority Annual 2000 #1, and stories from WildStorm Summer Special #1, along with an introduction by Tim Miller, director of Deadpool.