The Imperial Era

This is a work of fiction. All characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author's imagination and are used fictitiously. Although the novel is set against the historical backdrop of the Qin unification of China, every plot, subplot, and character in these pages is an original creation.The Imperial Era Series imagines the great rulers of China's imperial past not as the statues of bronze and legend, but as men and women builders, dreamers, liars, and seekers who shaped the world they ruled, and were shaped by it in return.Book One: The First Emperor the story of a young scribe who is chosen to record the life of the man who conquered the world, and who discovers that the record the Emperor wants written is not the truth and that the truth is the one thing the Son of Heaven fears more than death itself.