The First Emperor of China

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Ying Zheng was born to rule the world, claiming descent from gods, crowned king while still a child. He was the product of a heartless, brutal regime devoted to domination, groomed from an early age to become the First Emperor of China after a century of scheming by his ancestors.

Six rival kings stood between him and victory. He scoured the Land of the Devout for a mythical device that could bring down the power of the gods. Surviving an assassination attempt by a childhood enemy, he retaliated by destroying the Land of Swallows. He ordered the humiliation of a mountain, the burning of unwelcome books, and the live burial of unhelpful scholars, before waging a sorcerous war against death itself.

This is the first book outside Asia to tell the full story of the life, legends and laws of the First Emperor. It includes the intrigues and scandals of his family, the immigration crisis that threatened to destroy his kingdom, and a terrifying glimpse of daily life in a land under absolute rule. It uses modern archaeology and ancient texts to describe the grand schemes that followed unification: the Great Wall that guarded the First Emperor’s frontiers and the famous Terracotta Army that watches over his tomb.

Excerpt 1: The Divine Destiny.
Excerpt 2: The Emperor and the Assassins.