The Great Song Dynasty Mystery Case Files: The Azure Sky Ruler

The year's blockbuster is coming! See how history's most stubborn genius uses nothing but a ruler to measure an empire's conscience! The Great Song's True Measure is a hard-hitting period mystery that finally vindicates the sciences! When Du Jian, an obsessive human measuring instrument, takes on an entire rotten bureaucracy, he understands neither social niceties nor human nature. He believes only in rigid principles and data, yet becomes the rule-breaking menace the powerful fear most! Together with a fiery female shopkeeper with an engineering background, a jaded and slippery veteran constable, a slick, conniving information broker, and a spoiled, show-off daughter of a high-ranking official, he forms history's most unlikely yet formidable tech-savvy team. Starting with a case involving rotten timber, they take on the most powerful ministers head-on! This isn't a detective story. It's a devastating assault on a dark world, using measurement, the study of things, and ingenious mechanisms! Fans of Under the Microscope: The Story of Ming and The Longest Day in Chang'an, your new favorite is here!