The following is an extract from the beginning of The Emperor’s Bible.
Humanity was a failing species, devoid of direction and leadership, destined to live out its evolutionary life on a nondescript world in an anonymous star system near the edge of galactic space.
Partition and petty squabbling were its greatest curse. Fractured, it could never explore and colonize the surrounding space.
Its cities crumbled, its people broken and without hope. Many a visitor would have had a quick glance and passed on. Not The Emperor.
He saw a species that could be moulded, changed into something greater than the sum of its parts. So, he made his presence known to the world and people rallied to be by his side.
There was fervent opposition. The fiercest came from the One World Government, which believed in the ridiculous idea of democracy, and the Catholic Church, which insisted on worshipping only its God. They were eventually defeated, but still, their theologies persist in the darkest corners of the Empire.
Now, under The Emperor’s eternal guidance, humanity has grown from its feeble start to one of the dominant forces over the galaxy. It is only through his strength and brilliance that humanity has prospered.
Still, there are those who oppose his greatness.
To be continued.
