By the will of chance, I’m here—in my own country, but in the past. 1870… It seems like a time of romantics and noble heroes, but in reality it is a time of brutal, bloody war—war against a merciless and cunning enemy. I’m an officer. I know how to fight and how to survive. Much of what I knew and could from my earlier life won’t help here. But the main thing will help: I want to and I will defend my homeland here, in this time, defending it from ruthless enemies and sworn “friends.”