With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
Love, love, love it! I’m not a hard-science lover, I usually prefer space operas when I read sci-fi... you know, intergalactic wars, space feuds and spaceships... but this one kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish! Some passages felt obscure ‘cause they were maths and physics gibberish, but anyway I pretty much understood everything and now I just wanna read the next one in the series! The italian transition was well done, so glad I read it!
