From political intrigue in Washington to an idyllic island in the Pacific?based on a true incident in Samoa, 1889 Stockton Livingstone is one of President Grover Cleveland's most trusted advisors and a mainstay of the State Department until his wife dies tragically and he takes a leave of absence to be with his family. But as tensions escalate between the three great powers-England, Germany, and America-over a coaling station on the tiny island of...