It's not declared with whom but it is likely the USA due to some remarks about the most powerful navy in the world. Eventually ball lightning is weaponized.Ĭhina in this novel is in a war. On his quest he crosses the paths of many scientists who failed with 'ball lightning', the military, ex-soviet scientists and makes breakthrough discoveries. It is about a Chinese scientist driven to understand the national phenomenon of ball lightning, which traumatically incinerated his parents on his fourteenth birthday. 'Ball Lightning' is a stand alone novel which (as the author explains in the afterword) can be seen as somewhat of a prequel to the aforementioned trilogy. Anyway, the Three Body Problem series and The Wandering Earth collection belong to the best of contemporary Science Fiction I've read so I was curious about 'Ball Lightning'. I know there's a controversy about the author due to his friendly stance on Chinese dictatorship.
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