Two stories about two men who become gods...and two very different outcomes.  The law of conservation of happiness says that you can't increase the amount of happiness in the world.  You can only change how it's spread around.  What if you had to choose who would live — and who would die?  Two metaphysical parables by the author of the transhumanist classic, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect.

Includes the complete text of the original short story, "The Happiness Broker," and the follow-up story, "The Powers That Abide." Total word count is 8,800 words.