THE CHAMBER HUMMED and vibrated with energy that coursed along the thick cables snaking across the low ceiling. Somewhere in the distance could be heard the steady thump-thump-thump of heavy machinery...
IT IS THE 41st millennium. For more than a hundredcenturies the Emperor has sat immobile on the GoldenThrone of Earth. He is the master of mankind by thewill of the gods, and master of a million...
