The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

Aug 2015 · The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by P. J. Ochlan

About this audiobook

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America

PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”—Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”—GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”—NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”—The Washington Post

The Dark Forest is the second novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

Ratings and reviews

Amazing. I found this book suggested on reddit of all places. That suggestion started me down a path I now can't imagine my life without. This book made me think of everything differently. It took ideas and expanded them beyond my imagination and shrank them down into relatable characters. I love finishing a good book but always mourn the loss. The feeling has never been greater than with these 3 books. I'm left wanting more and considering the scope that's an unfair request. This story will travel with me for the rest of my life. I cannot say enough good things about it.

Astonishingly brilliant. For a second book, you don't usually expect exceedingly imaginative development or conceptual improvements, but this, by far, is a brilliant sequel in the series.

May be the best modern science fiction book I have read to date. Bravo!

About the author

CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award. His books include The Three-Body Problem and The Dark Forest. Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant. Translator JOEL MARTINSEN is the managing editor of Danwei.org, a blog about Chinese media. His translation of an excerpt of Cixin Liu's Ball Lightning appeared in Words Without Borders.