Death's End

Death's End

By Liu Cixin

Pages

736

Rating

4.42

Year

2010

Science Fiction FantasyFantasyScience FictionFictionSpaceChina

Description

The final instalment of China's apocalyptic space opera trilogy that ranges from the 1960s to the heat death of the Universe.

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 and, with human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation.

But peace has made humanity complacent.

Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the start of the Trisolar Crisis, and her presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds.

Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?

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