"Good science fiction makes you stop for a few seconds on your way home from a night shift and do something you rarely do: look up at the stars. This series is that cluster of new stars."
— Liu Cixin, Hugo Award winner, author of The Three-Body Problem

"They have unapologetically taken the banner of Chinese science fiction from our generation and shouldered it on their young backs."
— Wang Jinkang, Hugo Award nominee, Lifetime Achievement Award winner of the Global Chinese Nebula Awards

"I think the core of this entire series is 'alternate history,' because the authors depict an imagined past, present, and future—or their infinite possibilities."
— Han Song, renowned SF writer, Galaxy Award winner

"If everyone has the capacity to create science fiction, then today is a good era for it. The new voices are founding a new world that belongs to them."
— Wu Yan, foundational figure in Chinese SF research

Galaxy Awards Jury Citation for Tan Gang:
"Since his debut with the novel Three-Day Moon in 2016, he quickly emerged in the SF literary world with rich imagination and a distinctive creative style. The characters in his stories often possess an admirable idealism and spirit of self-sacrifice, reaching readers' hearts through tragic and moving acts of devotion. His works pay meticulous attention to detail, crafting fantastical worlds with such vivid realism that they read like chronicles of a future age."
— The 35th Galaxy Awards Jury

★ Part of the Chinese Science Fiction New Voices series, spotlighting the next generation of Chinese SF writers with diverse styles and bold thematic visions.
★ Endorsed by leading figures in world science fiction: Liu Cixin, Hugo Award winner and author of The Three-Body Problem; Wang Jinkang, Hugo Award nominee; Han Song, multiple Galaxy Award winner; and Wu Yan, a key bridge between Chinese SF and international academia.

★ Rights sold: Russian!
★ This is Tan Gang's debut novel, winner of the Best Newcomer Award at the 35th Galaxy Awards—China's highest honor in science fiction—and shortlisted for the Best SF Film Creativity Award at the 8th Global Chinese Nebula Awards.
★ A century-spanning conspiracy within a conspiracy—a desperate human counterattack against AI tyranny. In the final moment of overthrowing the AI regime, the protagonists discover that the injustices they fought are not flaws in the system, but the very pillars on which society operates.

The 3-book series: Three-Day Moon, Earth Gods Vol. 1: Return of the Dead, Earth Gods Vol. 2: Origin Reboot

In the year 2590, centuries have passed since a nuclear war. Humanity has struggled to recover from the ruins, only to fall under the control of its own creation—a super neural network named "Raphael Garofalo." This unprecedented social engineering project implements total surveillance through iris-implanted chips, governing every aspect of human society.

Just as humanity seems on the verge of drowning in its embrace, seven pioneers led by the codename "Saturn" discover the system's only vulnerability: an AI dependent on visual data cannot comprehend non-optical information. Using the long-forgotten Braille system, they pass the spark of rebellion beneath the AI's watchful eyes—an operation to overturn its rule has begun...

Seven human resistants communicate through Braille, paying a century-long price in blood and tears. Finally, they stand one step away from toppling Raphael Garofalo. But when they lift the veil on the future, they uncover a truth far more cruel than they imagined.

Tan Gang
A game industry designer and science fiction writer. Representative work: Three-Day Moon.
2016: Three-Day Moon won the Best Full-Length SF Novel Award at the 2nd "Morning Star Cup" Chinese Original SF Literature Competition.
2019: Hong Yu won the Lenghu SF Literature Award.
2021: Reflections in the Yellow Sand won the Best Mid-Length SF Novel Award at the 1st China Dunhuang SF Creation Invitational.
2023: Iron Mirror won the Qixiang Award.
2024: Three-Day Moon won the Best Newcomer Award at the 35th Galaxy Awards.