What is happening to this world? What previously seemed to be a reflection of history well known to us in a distorting mirror begins to take on flesh and blood. Saint-Domingue is an independent state! Cuba is a French colony! France, having received at its disposal the “wunderwaffe” - powerful cannons of a new type - wins victory after victory. Only at sea is she adequately opposed by the famous but elderly Admiral Ruiter. It seems that a little more, and we will see the birth of a new world empire. Empire of the Sun King. But Louis the Fourteenth is also a man, and he is also good at making mistakes...