The Laws of Privilege. Book One. Privilege. In a Rapidly Expanding Empire Where Longevity Was the Norm Through Gene Manipulation, Cloned Body and Organ Transplants, Society Was Governed by a Group of Wealthy Families Through the Laws of Privilege, Upheld by a Vast Army of Imperial Enforcers.

In a rapidly expanding Empire, where longevity was the norm through gene manipulation, backed up by cloned body and organ transplants, it was a place where nobody went hungry. There was no actual Emperor, only a society of wealthy, privileged families who governed this vast empire through The Laws of Privilege. This meant - amongst other things - that everyone had the right to new organs and body parts, but some "rights" were different to others. The highly-privileged and all empire employees received transplants on demand, the lesser-privileged after a certain age, depending on the privilege level - others had to pay, sometimes with their lives, literally speaking. A vast army of Imperial Enforcers upheld the law and enforced it remorselessly, with honesty and diligence. They meted out justice with total indifference, while following dutifully the letter of the law. One of these laws was that every single human being wore a personal digital computer, similar to a normal wristwatch, on the wrist, an indestructible uncomplicated device containing all necessary details of its carrier, worn from the age of seven, until death. The Empire contained approximately eight hundred and ninety billion souls with the number increasing by the second. This is a tale of a few of them.