With the scope of Dune, and the rousing 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. In the second book in the series, 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. LuoJi, 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.

三体人在利用魔法般的科技锁死了地球人的科学之后，庞大的宇宙舰队杀气腾腾地直扑太阳系，意欲清除地球文明。 面对前所未有的危局，经历过无数磨难的地球人组建起同样庞大的太空舰队，同时，利用三体人思维透明的致命缺陷，制订了神秘莫测的“面壁计划”，精选出四位“面壁者”。秘密展开对三体人的反击。 三体人自身虽然无法识破人类的诡谲计谋，却依靠由地球人中的背叛者挑选出的“破壁人”，与“面壁者”展开智慧博弈…… “面壁计划”究竟能否成功？地球人究竟能否在这场你死我活的文明生存竞争中战而胜之？神秘的 “黑暗森林”究竟意味着什么？