Great Ming: In 1876, I Conquer the Four Seas

In 1876, dark clouds gather over the Great Ming. The empire's emperor dies that year, factional strife rages within, and Japan, Russia, and the British Empire covet the Great Ming's dominance in the Far East.

Amid this crisis at home and abroad, the crown prince, soon to ascend the throne, awakens memories of his past life. He vows to lead the empire back to the pinnacle of the world, by any means necessary.

Years later, at the United Nations General Assembly, nations condemn the Great Ming for seizing Japanese territory, carving up the Americas, shelling Buckingham Palace, starting World War I, and trafficking in enslaved Africans. They denounce the Great Ming emperor as a "war criminal of the century." Seated on the dais, the emperor, a former Paradox Interactive player in his past life, smiles faintly. "I haven't lost yet, so what makes me a war criminal?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.