Succession: Book 1The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power has been absolute. He is worshiped as a living god. No one can touch him, meanwhile he is hiding hides a terrible secret...Not until the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship AI minds of planetary...
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