
An English translation, translated by Joel Martinsen, was released in August 2015 in the US by Tor Books and later in July of the following year in the UK by Head of Zeus.
The Dark Forest (黑暗森林) was published in May 2008 by Chongqing Press. An English translation, translated by Ken Liu, was released by Tor Books in November 2014 in the US and later in March of the following year in the UK by Head of Zeus. The Three-Body Problem (三体) was first published in January 2008 by Chongqing Press. While at the same time, they start to notice that the world's governments are communicating closely with each other and have put aside their traditional rivalries to prepare for war. Wang's investigation lead to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns. In prison, Ye is recruited by Yang Weining and Lei Zhicheng, two military physicists working under Red Coast, a secret Chinese initiative to use high-powered radio waves to damage spy satellites.įour decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao, along with cunning detective Shi Qiang, to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides, including Ye Wenjie's daughter Yang Dong.
However, the journalist betrays Ye, who is sentenced to prison after the letter is viewed as seditious by the government. The letter details policy suggestions based on the book Silent Spring, which Ye read. Ye is officially branded a traitor and is forced to join a labor brigade in Inner Mongolia, where she befriends a government journalist who enlists Ye's help in transcribing a letter to the government. During the Cultural Revolution, Ye Wenjie, an astrophysics graduate from Tsinghua University, witnesses her father get beaten to death during a struggle session by Red Guards from Tsinghua High School, who were supported by Ye's mother and younger sister.