Explore "Rastignac the Devil" by Philip José Farmer on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Enslaved by a triangular powered despotism -- one lone man / sets his sights to the Six Bright Stars and eventual freedom / of his world.
_After the Apocalyptic War, the decimated remnants of the French huddled in the Loire Valley were gradually squeezed between two new and growing nations. The Colossus to the north was unfriendly and obviously intended to absorb the little New France. The Colossus to the south was friendly and offered to take the weak state into its confederation of republics as a full partner._