Free Audio Book : The Dark Forest, by Cixin Liu

This trilogy set in the near future offers English-speaking listeners their first opportunity to experience the multiple-award-winning work of Cixin Liu, China’s most esteemed science fiction author.

In The Dark Forest, Earth is shaken by the revelation of an impending alien invasion - due in just four centuries. The human collaborators of the aliens may have been vanquished, but the existence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that grant Trisolaris immediate access to all human information, means that Earth’s defense strategies are completely transparent to the enemy. The only thing that remains a secret is the human mind. This forms the basis for the Wallfacer Project, a bold initiative that provides four men with vast resources to devise covert strategies, concealed through deception and misdirection from both Earth and Trisolaris.

Three of the Wallfacers are prominent statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a complete mystery. Luo Ji, a Chinese astronomer and sociologist with no ambitions, is puzzled by his newfound status. All he knows is that he’s the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants eliminated.