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Obsessive quest unveiling nature's destructive enigma.

If you're captivated by the interplay of science and humanity, Cixin Liu's "Ball Lightning" will provoke your thoughts profoundly. Imagine following a personal tragedy that fuels a relentless search through storms and secretive labs. It's not just hardcore physics here; Liu weaves ethical dilemmas and geopolitical tensions into Chen's journey, making for a deeply human story set within a rich tapestry of speculative science.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2018)
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Ball Lightning

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ISBN: 9781786694706
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Date of Publication: 2019-01-21
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 13624 readers)

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A new standalone military SF adventure from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem. When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of mysterious natural phenomena. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier in particle physics. Although Chen’s quest provides a purpose for his lonely life, his reasons for chasing his elusive quarry come into conflict with soldiers and scientists who have motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge. Ball Lightning, by award-winning Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu, is a fast-paced story of what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against a push to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences.
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Obsessive quest unveiling nature's destructive enigma.

If you're captivated by the interplay of science and humanity, Cixin Liu's "Ball Lightning" will provoke your thoughts profoundly. Imagine following a personal tragedy that fuels a relentless search through storms and secretive labs. It's not just hardcore physics here; Liu weaves ethical dilemmas and geopolitical tensions into Chen's journey, making for a deeply human story set within a rich tapestry of speculative science.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.