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CHAPTER ONE

Representatives of the Alexandria Technological Institute
today announced that the fetal-transplant process has been
cleared for Citizen use after extensive testing. "Ova may now be
stored indefinitely in frozen form, either before or after
fertilization, then warmed and implanted in either the donor or
a host-mother." Eugenics Directorate officials are enthusiastic
about the technique, which they say removes the last biological
constraints on the reproduction and improvement of the Citizen
population. Clinics offering transplant services will be
established throughout the Domination; healthy serf wenches to
act as host-mothers will be provided for those who have none
suitable in their own households. In addition. Citizens with
outstanding mental and physical characteristics will be asked to
make contributions to sperm and ova banks. Once brought to
term in host-mothers, the Infants will be offered for adoption
into selected Citizen families or raised in the Education
Directorate's existing orphanages. It is expected that over the
next twenty years, these measures will at least double the present
Citizen birthrate of 24 per thousand, enabling Citizen women to
do their reproductive duty to the Race without interfering with
their military and other commitments. Even greater
improvements are to be anticipated shortly, when
gene-engineering becomes practical.
 Alexandria Herald
May 8, 1962




CLAESTUM PLANTATION
DISTRICT OF TUSCANY
PROVINCE OF ITALY
DOMINATION OF THE DRAKA
SEPTEMBER 1, 1964


Eric von Shrakenberg paused at the edge of the steps, looking
up at the constellations of the northern hemisphere. This was the
north front of his sister Johanna's Tuscan plantation manor; the
stone pathway wound up to the crest of the hill under ancient
trees, oak and cypress and chestnut. They had been here long
before the Eurasian War, but the new masters of Europe had
changed the patch of forest to suit their tastes. He could hear the
tinkle of water ahead, smell the damp scents of new-cut grass