"This New York Times bestselling story inspires the ... film The Authority, [which follows superhumans who] are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, this group of insanely powerful [beings faces] down countless menaces to Earth, protecting mankind with [its] cold version of justice. An invasion from an alternate Earth, an international terrorist who is laying waste to major cities, and a hostile alien intelligence who calls himself God all fall under [its] rule"-- Provided by publisher.