Book 3
Death's End
2010 · 724 pages
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 bestselling conclusion to a tour de force near-future adventure trilogy from China's bestselling and beloved science fiction writer.
With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to read 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 twenty-first 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?
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Introduced in this book
A Past Outside of TimeThe narratorfloating bottlesnew universeConstantine XIPhrantzesHelenaMehmed IIConstantinopleOttomansOrbanHagia SophiaGreat PalaceChaliceMinaretBlachernae quarterGate of St. RomanusChildren's CrusadeJustinian the GreatByzantine EmpireOttoman armyhigh-dimensional fragmentage of magicthe spyGreen Glassescontrol centerEarth simulation modelYun TianmingLao LiHu WenCheng XinTianming's sisterTianming's fatherEuthanasia LawGreen TempestStars Our Destination ProjectMiyun ReservoirHuiyuan JuiceFranz KafkaCrisis InfantilismCrisis EraSpace ConventionCrisis AmendmentDr. HeUNESCO BeijingDX3906Academy of Spaceflight TechnologyBeijing ObservatoryShanghaiBabaoshan People's Cemeteryeuthanasia roomThomas WadeMikhail VadimovYu WeimingCamillePDC Strategic Intelligence AgencyTechnology Planning CenterStaircase ProgramEn-route propulsionMilitary democracyStanislaw Ulamradiation sailhibernationHuman cloningIndustrial RevolutionSanyaHibernation research centerMonnierHuolong Chu ShuiMing DynastyPeacekeeper missilesCape CanaveralJoynerStaircase spacecraftWestchester Medical CenterOath of Allegiance Ceremonystellar drivegravitational wavesneutrinosGravitygravitational wave antennasdark forest deterrence systemorbital spaceportfleet captainNeil ScottSebastian SchneiderBoris RovinskiCarol JoinerRon JonesBarnard's StarAASwordholderDeterrence EraCommon Era peopledark forest deterrencePerimeter Systemdeterrence game theoryA Fairy Tale of YangtzeLi ZhiyiWorld Academy of Sciencescultural reflectionSophonBi YunfengCao BinIvan AntonovA. J. HopkinsUN HeadquartersWay of TeaCheng Xin's mothersophon-blind regionsCommander DevonPark Ui-gunIvantsovIkeVerenskayaLiu XiaomingGuan Yifandesubstantiation effectPlaza #1Ecological Area #3bubbleMilky WayDeterrence Centergravitational wave deterrence systemGobi Desertcircumsolar nuclear bomb systemdegenerate matterSons of the EarthAntarcticafleet chief of staffgravitational wave broadcast switchInternational TribunalMaster BatuoSolar System Fleet General StaffQilian Mountainsvibrating stringSecond Trisolaran FleetFirst Trisolaran Fleethumanityinterstellar dust cloudReservation Proclamationstrong-interaction materialsAustraliaMarsGreat ResettlementFraisseWarburtonUN Resettlement CommissionCarnegieAboriginal peoplesCanberra MassacreSydney IncidentSydneyCanberraMelbourneEarth Security ForceEarth Resistance MovementAustralian governmentCao BingJack DavisNew ZealandParliament Houseagricultural factoriesJames HunterReiko AkiharaJoseph Morovichcerebrovascular coagulation disorderChu YanGravitational wave universal broadcastChinawarped pointfour-dimensional fragmentthe Ringhigh-dimensional spatial senseZhuo WenRosetta Systemecological spherepinnacehibernation arkBroadcast EraDelusions of cosmic persecutionConversation of the Way of TeaDark forest strikecosmic safety noticedeclaratory campself-mutilation campself-deterrence campGreen Saviorsspace churchSophon's houseVaticananti-intellect organizationsStaircase ProjectSiriusgeosynchronous terminal stationHalo GroupdinghyLagrangian pointFairy Tales from Earthspecial teamsophon-free roomIntelligence Decipherment Committeethree fairy talesIDC chairStoryless KingdomPrince Ice SandPrincess DewdropPrince Deep Waterthe kingthe queenNeedle-EyeMaster EtherealAuntie Widecaptain of the palace guardsHe'ershingenmosikensnow-wave paperobsidianabyss dragon umbrellaTomb IslandGlutton's Seaglutton fishHe'ershingenmosiken bath soapGuardian Shaded-ForestRoyal Tutor Open-Fieldbubble treesglutton fishShoaling InterpretationBunker Projectliterary analysis groupSaturnUranusNeptuneVenusStellar Escape PlanLong-distance Avoidance Planspace citiesNice GroupYun Tianming's fairy talesbath soapcurvature propulsionspace-draggingCommon EraPalermoJasonMoskenHelseggenMoskstraumencentrifugal governorEdgar Allan PoeLoften IslandsOsloblack domainNeedle-Eye paintingsinterpretersBlack Domain PlanLightspeed Spaceflight PlanHalogiant crossthe teacherspace camp childrendeep-sea-state capsulesFalse alarmWidnallVasilenkocurvature propulsion trailBunker Project simulation testJupiter fragmentSpace City Asia IBunker WorldCurvature propulsion projectCircumsolar particle acceleratorNorth America IEurope IVPacific IResource ISolar System Federationcity dockingworld-senseHalo CityLightspeed IILightspeed I高 WayLedaBlack Hole ProjectBlairFederation presidentHalo City self-defense forceantimatter bulletsEarth ISingerElderStar-Pluckersseedhome worldfringe worlddead three-star worldmain coredual-vector foilmass dotslow foghiding genecleansing geneprimitive membranelong membranetombbig eyegreat law of reversible discoveryJupiter Combination IIGreat Red SpotHalo City IncidentBunker EraRevelationAlaskaTomorrow白 Icepaper slipNeptune city clusterunknown extraterrestrial spaceshipdimensional collapsePlutoEarth Civilization MuseumCharonStarry NightPanthéonClassic of PoetryPioneer probesEurope VIasteroid beltHalo's AIAlong the River During the Qingming FestivalMycenaeVincent van GoghTwo-dimensional Solar SystemPlanet BluePlanet GrayHunterOrion ArmWorld IIIultimate spaceshipsdeath linesZero-HomersEdenic AgeRingWorld Idark forest statedeath line ruptureneural computersshuttletime vacuumantimatter drivethe doorcarved rockUniverse 647Charles MisnerGalactic humanssupermembranegreat universeReturnersmini-universessupermembrane broadcastbig crunchthe doorthe spaceshipmessage in a bottle
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Chapters
- Ch 1Excerpt from the Preface to A Past Outside of TimeNot reached yet
- Ch 2May 1453, C.E. The Death of the MagicianNot reached yet
- Ch 3Crisis Era, Year 1 The Option for LifeNot reached yet
- Ch 4Crisis Era, Year 4 Yun TianmingNot reached yet
- Ch 5Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Infantilism at the Start of the CrisisNot reached yet
- Ch 6Crisis Era, Year 4 Yun TianmingNot reached yet
- Ch 7Crisis Era, Years 1–4 Cheng XinNot reached yet
- Ch 8Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Hibernation: Man Walks for the First Time Through TimeNot reached yet
- Ch 9Crisis Era, Years 1–4 Cheng XinNot reached yet
- Ch 10Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Staircase ProgramNot reached yet
- Ch 11Crisis Era, Years 1–4 Cheng XinNot reached yet
- Ch 12Crisis Era, Years 5–7 The Staircase ProgramNot reached yet
- Ch 13Deterrence Era, Year 12 Bronze AgeNot reached yet
- Ch 14Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time NyctohylophobiaNot reached yet
- Ch 15Deterrence Era, Year 12 Bronze AgeNot reached yet
- Ch 16Deterrence Era, Year 13 TrialNot reached yet
- Ch 17Deterrence Era, Year 61 The SwordholderNot reached yet
- Ch 18Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Ghost of the Wallfacers: The SwordholderNot reached yet
- Ch 19Deterrence Era, Year 61 The SwordholderNot reached yet
- Ch 20Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Cultural ReflectionNot reached yet
- Ch 21Deterrence Era, Year 61 The SwordholderNot reached yet
- Ch 22Deterrence Era, Year 62 Gravity, in the Vicinity of the Oort CloudNot reached yet
- Ch 23Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time More Indirect Evidence for the Dark Forest: Sophon-Blind RegionsNot reached yet
- Ch 24Deterrence Era, Year 62 Gravity, in the Vicinity of the Oort CloudNot reached yet
- Ch 25Deterrence Era, Year 62 November 28, 4:00 P.M. to 4:17 P.M.: Deterrence CenterNot reached yet
- Ch 26Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Choice of the Swordholder: Ten Minutes Between Existence and AnnihilationNot reached yet
- Ch 27Deterrence Era, Year 62 November 28, 4:00 P.M. to 4:17 P.M.: Deterrence CenterNot reached yet
- Ch 28The Final Ten Minutes of the Deterrence Era, Year 62 November 28, 4:17:34 P.M. to 4:27:58 P.M.: Deterrence CenterNot reached yet
- Ch 29Post-Deterrence Era, First Hour A Lost WorldNot reached yet
- Ch 30Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Reflections on the Failure of Dark Forest DeterrenceNot reached yet
- Ch 31Post-Deterrence Era, First Hour A Lost WorldNot reached yet
- Ch 32Post-Deterrence Era, Day 60 A Lost WorldNot reached yet
- Ch 33Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Technology Explosion on TrisolarisNot reached yet
- Ch 34Post-Deterrence Era, Day 60 A Lost WorldNot reached yet
- Ch 35Post-Deterrence Era, Year 2 AustraliaNot reached yet
- Ch 36The Final Ten Minutes of the Deterrence Era, Year 62 November 28, 4:17:34 P.M. to 4:27:58 P.M.: Gravity and Blue Space, Deep SpaceNot reached yet
- Ch 37Post-Deterrence Era, Year 2 The Morning After the Great Resettlement, AustraliaNot reached yet
- Ch 38Post-Deterrence Era, Day 1–Day 5 Gravity and Blue Space, Deep Space Beyond the Oort CloudNot reached yet
- Ch 39Broadcast Era, Year 7 Cheng XinNot reached yet
- Ch 40Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Delusions of Cosmic Persecution: The Last Attempt to Invalidate Dark Forest TheoryNot reached yet
- Ch 41Broadcast Era, Year 7 Cheng XinNot reached yet
- Ch 42Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time A New Model for the Dark ForestNot reached yet
- Ch 43Broadcast Era, Year 7 SophonNot reached yet
- Ch 44Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Cosmic Safety Notice: A Lonely Performance ArtNot reached yet
- Ch 45Broadcast Era, Year 7 SophonNot reached yet
- Ch 46Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Long StaircaseNot reached yet
- Ch 47Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun TianmingNot reached yet
- Ch 48Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun Tianming’s Fairy TalesNot reached yet
- Ch 49The First Tale of Yun Tianming “The New Royal Painter”Not reached yet
- Ch 50The Second Tale of Yun Tianming “The Glutton’s Sea”Not reached yet
- Ch 51The Third Tale of Yun Tianming “Prince Deep Water”Not reached yet
- Ch 52Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun Tianming’s Fairy TalesNot reached yet
- Ch 53Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Bunker Project: An Ark for Earth CivilizationNot reached yet
- Ch 54Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun Tianming’s Fairy TalesNot reached yet
- Ch 55Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Motion Through Bending SpaceNot reached yet
- Ch 56Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun Tianming’s Fairy TalesNot reached yet
- Ch 57Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Three Paths of Survival for Earth CivilizationNot reached yet
- Ch 58Broadcast Era, Year 8 Fate’s ChoiceNot reached yet
- Ch 59Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Space Sentries: The Solar System Advance Warning SystemNot reached yet
- Ch 60Broadcast Era, Year 8 Fate’s ChoiceNot reached yet
- Ch 61Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Terror of the Endless NightNot reached yet
- Ch 62Broadcast Era, Year 8 Sun-Earth Lagrangian PointNot reached yet
- Ch 63Bunker Era, Year 11 Bunker WorldNot reached yet
- Ch 64Bunker Era, Year 11 Lightspeed IINot reached yet
- Ch 65Bunker Era, Year 11 Halo CityNot reached yet
- Ch 66Bunker Era, Year 67 Orion Arm of the Milky WayNot reached yet
- Ch 67Bunker Era, Year 67 HaloNot reached yet
- Ch 68Bunker Era, Year 66 Outside the Solar SystemNot reached yet
- Ch 69Bunker Era, Year 68 PlutoNot reached yet
- Ch 70Bunker Era, Year 68 The Two-Dimensional Solar SystemNot reached yet
- Ch 71Galaxy Era, Year 409 Our StarNot reached yet
- Ch 72About Seventeen Billion Years After the Beginning of Time Our StarNot reached yet
- Ch 73Outside of Time Our UniverseNot reached yet
- Ch 74Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Stairs of ResponsibilityNot reached yet
- Ch 75Outside of Time Our UniverseNot reached yet