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Editor's Introduction To:
Blood Bank

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

 

As empires age, they become more civilized. This may result in sheer decadence, but it won't be called that. For whatever reason, though, the empire won't be able to recruit many legionnaires from its heartland.

That leaves no choice but to recruit from the frontier areas; places with younger and more dynamic cultures; places where honor may be more important than life.

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