The release date for the English version of 'Death's End' by
Liu Cixin is Sep 2016. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
English-speaking audiences were first introduced to the multi-award-winning and best-selling Three-Body Trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction writer, Cixin Liu, with The Three-Body Problem. After its publication, Three-Body received a lot of positive press, including articles in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. It became the first translated book to be nominated for a major science fiction award since Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities in 1976, when it was also named a finalist for the Nebula Award.
Death's End now marks the conclusion of this epic trilogy. The delicate equilibrium of Dark Forest Deterrence holds the Trisolaran invaders at bay fifty years after the Doomsday Battle. Thanks to the introduction of Trisolaran knowledge, Earth is experiencing unparalleled prosperity. The Trisolarans are assimilating Earth culture and human knowledge is developing everyday, so it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to live side by side as equals without the terrifying fear of mutually assured destruction. However, the tranquilly has also led to human complacency.
In this new era, Cheng Xin, an aeronautical engineer from the early 21st century, comes out of slumber. Her mere presence has the potential to shatter the delicate equilibrium between two planets, as she carries with her knowledge of a long-forgotten programme that dates back to the start of the Trisolar Crisis. Will mankind emerge from its cradle or reach the stars?
Half a century after the Decision-Slaughter, the Waffenstillstand with the Trisolariers remains in place. The earth has reached a new level of prosperity thanks to extraterrestrial technology; the trisolarians have also benefited from it, and peaceful coexistence seems to be possible. Yet humanity has allowed the peace to pass without warning. As she awakens from a deep sleep with Cheng Xin, a 21st-century space explorer, she brings with her the knowledge of a long-forgotten secret programme into the modern day. Will the young woman succeed in bringing Trisolaris and peace to the world, or will humanity miss its last opportunity to advance?