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This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking
readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin
Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In Dark Forest,
Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion — in just
four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been
defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that
allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that
Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human
mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project,
a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret
strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and
Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and
scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious
Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he
knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.
About the Author
CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the
People's Republic of China. Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy
Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award. Prior
to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant.
Translator JOEL MARTINSEN is the managing editor of Danwei.org, a blog
about Chinese media. His translation of an excerpt of Cixin Liu's Ball
Lightning appeared in Words Without Borders.