The Dragon King: First Emperor of China (Chronicles of the Watchers #1)

In
a desperate bid to save his throne, the Greek king over Babylon sends
his son, Antiochus, a dishonored warrior, into the mysterious land of
the Far East to capture a mythical creature that will give him absolute
power: a dragon.

What Antiochus finds is beyond his imagination:

A
mad emperor on a quest of immortality, a beautiful concubine with whom
he falls in love, a mysterious power of magic and technology, and the
true nature of the dragon that protects this world.

The
Dragon King is the first book of the Historical Fantasy Series,
Chronicles of the Watchers that charts the influence of spiritual powers
behind the history of earthly rulers.