This is a futuristic Earth. Drugs are a commonplace amusement and unemployment is a capital crime. Freemocracy camps exist for those who make trouble, and most of us try and escape the boredom of our lives in a common virtual world called “the sim”.
Rise up from the lowliest slums to the heights of power with Marcellus Gyges. He's just an ordinary until he finds a magical token bringing him unlimited power. The question is: should he use it?
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Marcellus, Jango, Icarus, Maya, and Jennifer try and steal the microchip from The Company. Marcellus finds a golden ring. |
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Their fence disappears so they split up and leave the country. Marcellus begins to understand the power of the ring. |
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They all return except for Maya. Turns out the ring was forged by the Justices of the United States Supreme Court and they want it back. |
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Maya returns. |
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Marcellus' guardian angel warns him of the peril presented by the ring. The President of the United States – Samuel Judas Epstein – knows about the ring and he wants it, too. |
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Partly to save his skin, partly because he can, Marcellus gets himself elected junior Senator from Wyoming and heads to Washington, intending to become President. But Epstein manages to befriend him and asks for his help against Xiling, the Chief Justice. |
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Marcellus is named Secretary of the Environment. There is a Cabinet meeting. Marcellus meets Jewel, Epstein's alluring wife. |
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Marcellus and Epstein cement their friendship and lay aside mutual suspicions. |
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Marcellus and Jango go wild while on official government business. |
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Political intrigue. Marcellus gets a new name: Hawkeye. |
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Continuation of Marcellus' spiritual training by his guardian angel. |
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Someone tries to kill Marcellus. Convinced it was Epstein, he threatens to take over the government, but Epstein manages to betray him and Marcellus is ostracized for ten years to the moon. |
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Marcellus meets General Munib, the Shadow of God on Earth, who seeks to befriend him. |
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They declare the Lunar Territories independent states and stop all shipments of water and ores back to Earth. |
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A voyage through the sim. |
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Marcellus trains for war. |
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Marcellus visits with Nix at a secret settlement on the moon outside the control of the regular government. |
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They attempt to sneak back to Earth, but on the crossing into Columbia Marcellus is nabbed. |
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Marcellus is returned to the White House. |
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Marcellus' trial. |
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Epilogue |
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This site and all its contents are the result of the tumultuous workings of the mind of one Adam Wasserman.
