The Circle, Belletristik von Cixin Liu, Xavier Besse

An international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries have transformed 15 of Cixin Liu's – 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' (New Yorker) – award-winning stories into graphic novels. Xianyang, capital of the state of Qin, 227 BC. Before the great king Zheng, ruler of the state of Qin, stands Jing Ke, who lays down the surrender of the state of Yan. His life is owed to Zheng, but the king recognises before him not only a noble man, but one highly and intelligent, so he is spared. King Zheng, obsessed by the search of eternal life, sets his new advisor to apply his mathematical studies to this pursuit. Jing Ke calls upon the numbers and shapes which the Heavens confer unto him, to calculate a figure that will reveal that great secret... Praise for Cixin Liu: 'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' Wired 'Immense' Barack Obama 'Unique' George R.R. Martin 'SF in the grand style' Guardian 'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail 'A milestone in Chinese science-fiction' New York Times 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' New Yorker Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel.