Science fiction · Fantasy
The Dark Forest
The second book of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. Humanity knows an alien fleet is coming and has centuries to prepare, and chooses a handful of individuals to devise strategies that must stay secret even from their own side.
- First published
- 2008
- Pace
- Medium
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 480
- Format
- Book 2 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
Read this if you enjoy huge-concept science fiction that treats first contact as a problem of game theory.
Skip this if you haven't read the first book, or you want strong character work over ideas.
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