* In ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' the Bene Gesserit manipulated marriages between members of certain houses for about ten thousand years in an attempt to breed a Kwisatz Haderach who could access both sides of his lineage's GeneticMemory and see the future perfectly. The end result was Paul Atreides, who used his powers to become the messiah of the Fremen of Arrakis and Emperor of the known universe. His son, the GodEmperor Leto II, inherited the same powers and spent the next four millennia selectively breeding his sister's bloodline (including repeated inbreeding with clones of Duncan Idaho) for the ability to not be viewed by prescience.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' members of house Targaryen supposedly have the blood of dragons, though the only current one who is fireproof and can command the loyalty of dragons is Daenerys.
* In MargaretWeis's ''Literature/TheStarOfTheGuardians'' series, the ubermensch ruling class have perfect genetics, psychic abilities, and the sanction of God.

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