'Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel' u003ciu003eWIREDu003c/iu003e. u003cpu003eOn his fourteenth birthday, right before his eyes, u003cbu003eChen's parents are incinerated by a blast of ball lightning.u003c/bu003eStriving to make sense of this bizarre tragedy, u003cbu003ehe dedicates his life to a single goal: to unlock the secrets of this enigmatic natural phenomenonu003c/bu003e. His pursuit of ball lightning will take him far from home, across mountain peaks chasing storms and deep into highly classified subterranean laboratories as he slowly unveils a new frontier in particle physics.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eChen's obsession gives purpose to his lonely life, but it can't insulate him from the real world's interest in his discoveries. He will be pitted against scientists, soldiers and governments with motives of their own: u003cbu003ea physicist who has no place for moral judgementu003c/bu003ein his pursuit of knowledge; a beautiful u003cbu003earmy major obsessed with new ways to wage waru003c/bu003e; a desperate nation facing certain military defeat.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eConjuring u003cbu003eawe-inspiring new worldsu003c/bu003eof cosmology and philosophy from meticulous scientific speculation, u003ciu003eBall Lightningu003c/iu003ehas u003cbu003eall the scope and imaginationu003c/bu003ethat so enthralled readers u003cbu003eof Cixin Liu's award-winning Three-Body trilogyu003c/bu003e.u003c/pu003e
