The campaign trail is paved with blood and brokenbones.

History diverged one fateful day in1868, when presidential candidate Horatio Seymour lost his temper mid-debate andviolently attacked Ulysses S. Grant, earning him not only widespread popularitybut the presidency as well. Today, elections are decided by brutal, highlypublicized hand-to-hand combat in arenas called Stumps. And in a society thatadores violence this much, it's no surprise that powerful people get away withmurder. But not for long-not if Senator Jack Hammer and FBI Agent Anna BellLister have anything to say aboutit.

Eisner-nominated writer CHUCK BROWN(BITTER ROOT, Rotten Apple) teams up with artist FRANCESCO CHIAPPARA andletterer CLAYTON COWLES for a political action series set in a hyper-violentworld full of countless injustices, and people who have to fight for their placein it.

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