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Ball lightning / Cixin Liu ; translated by Joel Martinsen.

Liu, Cixin, (author.). Martinsen, Joel, (translator.).

Summary:

When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this 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. While Chen's quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0765394073
  • ISBN: 9780765394071
  • Physical Description: 384 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Tor, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Subject: Physicists > Fiction.
Ball lightning > Fiction.
Military weapons > Fiction.
FICTION / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction.
FICTION / Science Fiction / Military.
Genre: Science fiction.
Science fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library LIU, CIXIN (Text) 34455006476853 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library LIU (Text) 31901004266823 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Available -


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