Late Ming: A Science and Engineering Man's Journal of Saving the Nation

This is the story of a technically minded man making one last desperate attempt to save himself with scientific thinking before civilization plunges into the abyss.

This is a rewritten history: see how steel, gunpowder, and data reshape the backbone of an empire.

When the Chongzhen Emperor hangs himself on Coal Hill, when the Eight Banners cavalry storms through Shanhai Pass, when Western sailing ships appear on the East Asian horizon

Lin Mo stands before the faint glow of industry he has kindled, with a fledgling modern army and assembly lines behind him.

He pushes up a pair of glasses that aren’t really there, and softly tells the dark history rushing toward him:

“This time, I’ll rewrite the rules.”