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.

劉慈欣，祖籍河南，長於山西，中國科普作傢協會會員，山西省作傢協會會員，高級工程師。

自1999年處女作《鯨歌》問世以來，劉慈欣已發錶短篇科幻小說三十餘篇、齣版長篇科幻小說六部，並創下連續八年榮獲中國科幻最高奬“銀河奬”的紀錄。他的長篇作品《三體》開創《科幻世界》月刊連載原創作品的先例，成為2006年度最受關注、最暢銷的科幻小說。