Whisky

Rio de Janeiro, November 1889 — an empire holds its breath.

Helen is taken — the ships are not yet on the beach.

Before dawn, Fort Sumter is under fire. Nothing else is settled.

Unite a people — then decide what conquest costs.

Twenty clubs, twenty territories, one matchweek at a time.

The Wall is rising. The rest of the world is watching.

One political map. Many powers competing to be obeyed.

Win the war in a season; convert for a generation.

Every clan is one castle from the shogunate — until realm divide.

Capture a lord alive — that is where the money is.