On the eve of his coronation, thirteen-year-old Ying Zheng awoke with the soul of a modern teenager inside him. Facing the powerful Lü Buwei, an indulgent queen dowager, and the increasingly ambitious Lao Ai, he had no troops at his command, only a mind far ahead of its time.
He began by reorganizing the palace accounts, then set about turning Zhao Gao into his mouthpiece. With data as his eyes and institutions as his net, he quietly reshaped the rules before anyone noticed. While history continued along its seemingly destined course, the world finally realized: the King of Qin had already turned the entire empire into the most intricate game board in his hands.
Like a frog in slowly heating water, no one noticed the boil. This time, the soul from the future held the brush as the First Emperor's story was written.
