*"The flap of a butterfly's wings can trigger a tornado on the other side of the world." —Edward Lorenz.

We are twenty years before independence in the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Spain is still the overlord of the southern part of the continent, but its power is fading. Can our protagonist really change the future, or will he be swallowed by the competing interests surrounding independence?

He awakens with only a few memories of the 21st century, struggling to navigate a world on the brink of revolution. From the start, he aims to use the independence movements to become one of the most powerful forces in post-independence South America and secure a future for his descendants. But to achieve his goals, he must outmaneuver the Church, the nobility, and wealthy merchants—while trying to build a good life for himself and the people who place their trust in him.

After returning to London, Francisco went straight to his room.What he had witnessed in the mine — the rhythmic power of the steam engine — had opened a path he had never imagined before. For days, he shut himself away, sketching and theorizing, trying to grasp the laws that governed that strange mechanism. Yet it proved far harder than he had thought. The machine was a complex creature: valves, pistons, pressure, and heat all dancing in a rhythm he barely understood. Still, he managed to piece together a basic concept — that coal and water, when combined, produced steam, and that steam, if confined and directed, could move great weights.


Chapter 115 - Between Old and New