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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)<br /> | PRIMER FOR THE [[Spiral Politic|SPIRAL POLITIC]] (POST-WAR EDITION)<br /> | ||
5 - THE BLOOD COTERIES | 5 - THE [[Blood Coteries|BLOOD COTERIES]] | ||
Era: Posthuman historical.<br /> | Era: [[Posthuman]] historical.<br /> | ||
Technology - Variable, occasionally time-active. | Technology - Variable, occasionally time-active. | ||
The demise of Earth was followed by a period in which there was, effectively, no such thing as the human species; a period in which humanity suddenly found itself released from its heritage, with genetic manipulation and vast tracts of space separating the survivors from everything they'd once been. | The demise of [[Earth]] was followed by a period in which there was, effectively, no such thing as the human species; a period in which humanity suddenly found itself released from its heritage, with genetic manipulation and vast tracts of space separating the survivors from everything they'd once been. | ||
Many "posthuman" societies inevitably became glorious, grotesque Princedoms, and none more so than those of the Blood Coteries, who -- like the Medici and Borgia families of antiquity -- commissioned the greatest art and culture of their age even as they conducted unimaginable vendettas and poisoned their potential rivals... | Many "posthuman" societies inevitably became glorious, grotesque Princedoms, and none more so than those of the Blood Coteries, who -- like the [[Medici]] and [[Borgia]] families of antiquity -- commissioned the greatest art and culture of their age even as they conducted unimaginable vendettas and poisoned their potential rivals... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||