Ball Lightning
( Chinese - Qiúzhuàng shǎndiàn ( 球状闪电 ) - 2004 )
novel by Liu Cixin
translated by Joel Martinsen
Published: Tor Books - hardback - 2018 ( US )
ISBN: 0765394073 / 9780765394071
Head of Zeus - hardback - 2018 ( UK )
ISBN: 1786694689 / 9781786694683
Tor Books - e-book - 2018
eISBN: 0765394081 / 9780765394088
ASIN : B06XRGCFS8
Head of Zeus - trade paperback- 2018
ISBN: 1786694697 / 9781786694690
Tor Books - trade paperback - 2019
ISBN: 076539409X / 9780765394095
Head of Zeus - e-book - 2018
eISBN: 1786694670 / 9781786694676
ASIN : B06XCXP6HJ
MacMillan Audio - audiobook ( CD ) - 2018
ISBN: 1427298408 / 9781427298409
MacMillan Audio - audiobook ( download ) - 2018
ISBN: 1427287023 / 9781427287021
ASIN: B07F9ZBBVW
Whole Story Audiobooks - audiobook ( CD ) - 2018
ISBN: 1510092021 / 9781510092020
W.F. Howes Ltd. - audiobook ( download ) - 2018
ASIN: B07BWPM2LW
Head of Zeus - paperback - 2019
ISBN: 1786694700 / 9781786694706
Head of Zeus / AdAstra - paperback - 2021
ISBN: 1800248954 / 9781800248953
synopsis
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 phenomenon. 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.
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( Chinese - Qiúzhuàng shǎndiàn ( 球状闪电 ) - 2004 )
novel by Liu Cixin
translated by Joel Martinsen
Published: Tor Books - hardback - 2018 ( US )
ISBN: 0765394073 / 9780765394071
Head of Zeus - hardback - 2018 ( UK )
ISBN: 1786694689 / 9781786694683
Tor Books - e-book - 2018
eISBN: 0765394081 / 9780765394088
ASIN : B06XRGCFS8
Head of Zeus - trade paperback- 2018
ISBN: 1786694697 / 9781786694690
Tor Books - trade paperback - 2019
ISBN: 076539409X / 9780765394095
Head of Zeus - e-book - 2018
eISBN: 1786694670 / 9781786694676
ASIN : B06XCXP6HJ
MacMillan Audio - audiobook ( CD ) - 2018
ISBN: 1427298408 / 9781427298409
MacMillan Audio - audiobook ( download ) - 2018
ISBN: 1427287023 / 9781427287021
ASIN: B07F9ZBBVW
Whole Story Audiobooks - audiobook ( CD ) - 2018
ISBN: 1510092021 / 9781510092020
W.F. Howes Ltd. - audiobook ( download ) - 2018
ASIN: B07BWPM2LW
Head of Zeus - paperback - 2019
ISBN: 1786694700 / 9781786694706
Head of Zeus / AdAstra - paperback - 2021
ISBN: 1800248954 / 9781800248953
synopsis
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 phenomenon. 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.
awards
....