With the scope of Dune, and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple award-winning phenomenon from China’s most beloved science fiction author.

In the second book in the series, 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. LuoJi, 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.

刘慈欣，祖籍河南，长于山西，中国科普作家协会会员，山西省作家协会会员，高级工程师。

自1999年处女作《鲸歌》问世以来，刘慈欣已发表短篇科幻小说三十余篇、出版长篇科幻小说六部，并创下连续八年荣获中国科幻最高奖“银河奖”的纪录。他的长篇作品《三体》开创《科幻世界》月刊连载原创作品的先例，成为2006年度最受关注、最畅销的科幻小说。