JEANNIE LIN
The Gunpowder Chronicles
www.jeannielin.com
In a transforming China where tradition clashes with emerging technology, a duty-bound hero and a woman striving for independence are drawn together amid political upheaval, where their growing bond is tested by loyalty, ambition, and the cost of choosing personal freedom over duty.
< Delilah S. Dawson
Anne Renwick >
✅ You’ll Love This If You Crave:
- heroines holding everything together
- steampunk built from Eastern science
- two people who were almost betrothed
- politics where the good guys keep switching sides
- the Qing Dynasty
- the Opium Wars
- grief and old promises
- engineers as romantic leads
- acupuncture-powered prosthetics & gunpowder combustion engines
- opium addiction in the family
📖 Start with Gunpowder Alchemy
🚫 Not the Right Fit If You Want:
- romance that drives the story
- a satisfying standalone ending
- gadgets and spectacle
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