The Mighty West Wind: A Chronicle of Qin’s Rise and Fall

The west wind rises over Longshan, and the rise and fall of the Qin dynasty unfolds across seven hundred years.

From a humble vassal raising horses on the western frontier, to a unified empire that swept across the Six States, and then to a sudden collapse. Moving beyond the simplistic labels of "tyrant" and "brutal Qin," this calmly narrated historical tale draws on Records of the Grand Historian and Qin bamboo-slip sources to bring to life the struggles, power plays, and choices of generation after generation of Qin people.

Without melodrama or embellishment, the story shows how institutions, human nature, and the tides of the times became entangled behind the rise and fall of the Great Qin.