Tori Swyft’s eyes were glued shut. Her head was pounding, her body quivering, yet this wasn’t a hangover. Couldn’t be.

At last night’s celebrations she’d let barely a drop of alcohol touch her lips. How could she risk any misstep when the treaty – the one she had personally negotiated – was ‘the first major shake-up of the Arctic’s balance of power since the Cold War’? And that was The New York Times speaking, not her.

With Tori’s help and guidance, Greenland – her client – chose China as its future polar partner, ending centuries of Danish colonial rule and decades as an American ally. If the US and Russia, the Arctic’s two prevailing powers, kept out of the way… a very big if… this new accord would unlock a vast treasure trove of prosperity for the tiny population of this icy nation…

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