Death's End

By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

Soon to be a Netflix original series!

“The War of the Worlds for the 21st century...packed with a sense of wonder.” (Wall Street Journal)

The New York Times best-selling conclusion to a tour de force near-future adventure trilogy from China's best-selling and beloved science fiction writer.

With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking listeners got their first chance to hear China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. The Three-Body Problem was released to great acclaim including coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and reading list picks by Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg. It was also won the Hugo and Nebula Awards, making it the first translated novel to win a major SF award.

Now this epic trilogy concludes with Death's End.

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 civilizations 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 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program 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 Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy:

The Three-Body Problem

The Dark Forest

Death's End

Other books:

Ball Lightning Supernova Era

To Hold Up The Sky (forthcoming)

©2010 Cixin Liu (P)2016 Macmillan Audio

The perfect finish for the series

If you could sum up Death's End in three words, what would they be?

The perfect end.

What other book might you compare Death's End to and why?

Seveneves in the scope of it.

What does P. J. Ochlan bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He bridges the gap between the Chinese source material and the English translation, and does female voices and characters seamlessly.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes!

Great Sci Fi and good physics. a recommended read

Great Sci Fi and good physics. a recommended read it takes time to build so be patient as the payoff is worth it.

best hard sci find in my lifetime

this is the best cosmological fiction you'll likely ever read. the cross cultural references are innumerably great & the "holy s**t" moments that that might happen are real & compelling.

Annoyed by the main character

Despite the story being quite interesting, the main character is an annoying person that keeps on making shortsighted, fatalistic decisions to the detriment of all humanity. I disliked her quite a lot and it made the story pretty hard to keep up with.

mind expanding in a way that haunts you

Opens doors of thought and possibilities unimagined; it left me wondering whats really out there amd where we might go