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Death's End

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Death's End, the epic conclusion to the Hugo Award-winning Three-Body Problem series by China's acclaimed author Cixin Liu, picks up half a century after the Doomsday Battle. The fragile peace sustained by the Dark Forest Deterrence allows Earth and the Trisolarans to coexist somewhat, with Earth's prosperity boosted by alien knowledge and cultural exchange. However, complacency threatens this balance when aerospace engineer Cheng Xin awakens from hibernation, bringing forgotten secrets from the early Trisolar Crisis. Her presence may tip the scales between survival and annihilation as humanity faces its greatest challenge yet.
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Death's End is ideal for readers who enjoy mind-bending, speculative science fiction exploring profound cosmic and existential themes. Fans of hard sci-fi, intricate plotting, and interstellar diplomacy will find much to appreciate in this thought-provoking finale. It suits those interested in contemporary Chinese science fiction and global perspectives in the genre.

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The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America

PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES:

“A mind-bending epic.”The New York TimesWar of the Worlds for the 21st century.”The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating.”TIME“Extraordinary.”The New Yorker“Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”Slate“A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”GQ“Absolutely mind-unfolding.”NPR“You should be reading Liu Cixin.”The Washington Post

The New York Times bestselling conclusion to the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilisations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.

Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early twenty-first century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten programme dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?

The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

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Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

Series: The Three-Body Problem Series

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780765386632

Publisher: Tor Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Tor Books

Contributors:

  • Translated by Ken Liu

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 41.0mm

Width: 159.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 684g

Pages: 624

About the Author

CIXIN LIU is a prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is a winner of the Hugo Award and a multiple winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and the Xing Yun Award (the Chinese Nebula). He lives with his family in Yangquan, Shanxi.

KEN LIU (translator) translated the Hugo-winning The Three-Body Problem and edited Invisible Planets, the first English-language anthology of Chinese SF from the 21st century. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards for his own original fiction, he is the author of the Dandelion Dynasty series of silkpunk epic fantasy novels (The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms) as well as The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, a collection.

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