What do you do when every institution in your world is corrupt, and you aren't willing to accept that? Do you work within the system to change it or try to bring it all down and replace it with something better?  Julius Paine, who sometimes calls himself the Tripping Prophet, chose to fight. He lost. He kept fighting. He lost some more. Then he got smart and got some help. Of course, winning isn't easy. Sometime having wealth, power, or weapons isn't enough: because, of course, the enemy does as well. Updates at least thrice weekly.