The Icefire Chronicle: Rebirth After Annihilation

After nuclear war reduces Earth to ashes, humanity's last hope lies in memory chips—fragments of the old world embedded in the minds of the new. Lin Hai awakens centuries later, carrying the consciousness of scientist Liu Changming, architect of civilization's rebirth. As memory-bearers across the globe begin to stir, humanity rockets from primitive tribes to feudal kingdoms to modern empires in mere generations. But the new world holds secrets the old one never imagined: vast underwater civilizations, enigmatic alien presences, and mermaids whose existence challenges everything humanity thoug…