Wow, what a great story. The best I've read out of three or four short ones.
I "Sixth" the motion, this was a true masterpiece, believe me, because I'm an insatiable reader, and this story has kept me in it right from the beginning. Great thought, those about power, amazing and incredibly human contradictions along with with that mad "superbeing" of the main character, above time and space and anything beyond.
I'm going to read now the Philosopher King, this work has left me completely intrigued.