Cixin Liu's For the Benefit of Mankind

A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology – George R.R. MartinWildly imaginative, really interesting… The scope of it was immense’ – Barack ObamaA milestone in Chinese science fiction * New York Times *A marvellous mélange of awe-inspiring scientific concepts, clever plotting and quirky yet plausible characters… Exhilarating, mind-stretching’ * TLS *China’s answer to Arthur C. Clarke * New Yorker *A rich story… [with] a dark Blade Runner like appeal * SF Book Reviews *A thoroughly engrossing story on an epic scale with a set of fabulous characters * SF Crowsnest *A wonderfully imaginative story; one that has a lot of heart and hope at its centre * Set The Tape *

Sylvain Runberg is a Belgian comic book author, based in Stockholm, Provence and Paris. Before he started writing, Runberg worked for publishing house Humanoides Associés, as the editor for Moebius & Enki Bilal, among others. Since 2004, Runberg has had more than 50 books published and is now translated into 15 languages, having sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.

Miki Montlló is a Catalan comic book artist. After completing his studies at the Escola Joso de Cómic in Barcelona, he worked in the video game industry and on feature films before abandoning it all to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming a comic book artist. He balances his busy professional career with a semi nomadic lifestyle, living in Ireland, Germany and Spain.

Cixin Liu is China’s #1 SF writer and author of The Three-Body Problem – the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan.