刘慈欣

Cixin Liu is the leading science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China.He has won the China Galaxy Science Fiction Award nine times and the Nebula(Xingyun) award twice. Before becoming a writer, he was a computer engineer in a power plant in Yangquan. Translator Ken Liu's short story "The Paper Menagerie' was the first work of fiction to sweep the Nebula, Hugo, & World Fantasy Awards. His first novel, The Grace of Kings, is also published by Head of Zeus.

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?