Once, there was a land like no other. It was a city-state, a nation. The reach of its rulers sometimes spanned continents, and at other times reached no farther than the walls of a war-torn palace.Giants lived in Mangrove-powerful kings and generals who ruled all within their sight; and lands far beyond. And it gave birth to the least of us--powerless serfs and homeless orphans who begged for the smallest coins. In times of greatness its armies plundered...