The first book details a future in which Earth is waiting for an invasion from a neighboring star system, and is surrounded by two other star systems with intelligent life.
The series had two follow up books, The Dark Forest and Death’s End, which round out the story of this sci-fi saga.
The English adaptation released in 2014 and became the first Asian novel to receive the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
The Three-Body Problem was released as a novel in China in 2008, and quickly became one of the most popular science fiction books there.