For time on the far side memory, the 9 Families watched from the shadows, basic cognitive process themselves shepherds and manipulating whole societies as they saw match. Nothing happened that they didn’t observe or management. Outsiders knew naught of the Families, a lot of less vulnerable them. Until now. Collects problems #1–#6 of the series.
“Cryptocracy sets up a grand stage that may play out for years, and creates enough queries that it leaves the reader enthralled once the last panel.”—Capeless Crusader