Extremis has the ‘alliance’ of the Catholic Church and CERN figuring out the Veritas and ‘saving’ each other from the Monks’ simulation world.
The Pyramid at the End of the World has the Chinese, Ruissan, and US armies caught in a crisis that could cause World War 3. Their officers immediately agree to disobey their superiors if the order to fire upon one-another is issued.
The Lie of Land, the end of this three-part story, concludes with a statement about humanity being doomed to never learn from their mistakes…