The Leader by Murray Leinster, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Murray Leinster

The Leader by Murray Leinster, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Aegypan
Published
1 August 2011
Pages
36
ISBN
9781463898083

The Leader by Murray Leinster, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Murray Leinster

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Apparently by pure force of personality he seized without resistance the government of one of the world’s great nations. So much is unlikely enough. But as the ruler of a civilized country he imposed upon its people the absolute despotism of a primitive sultanate. He honeycombed its society with spies. He imprisoned, tortured, and executed without trial or check. And while all this went on he received the most impassioned loyalty of his subjects! Morality was abandoned at his command with as much alacrity as common sense. He himself was subject to the grossest superstitions. He listened to astrologers and fortunetellers–and executed them when they foretold disaster. But it is not enough to be amazed at the man himself. The great mystery is that people of the Twentieth Century, trained in science and technically advanced, should join in this orgy of what seems mere madness …

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