Plot
Collects Authority (1999-2002 1st Series) #1-29, Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World (2000), Jenny Sparks: Secret History of the Authority (2000)#1-5, Authority (2000) Annual, stories from Wildstorm Summer Special (2001), and a story from WildStorm: A Celebration of 25 Years HC (2017 DC) .
As the 21st century dawns, the Authority meets a previously unchallenged class of villains—the power brokers who manipulate the world’s political figureheads to advance their own selfish interests. 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.