Surnommé " le Stephen King chinois ", Cai Jun a 40 ans et vit à Shanghai. Ses romans se sont vendus à plus de 13 millions d'exemplaires.Chine du Nord, juin 1995. Shen Ming, jeune et brillant professeur, est suspecté d'avoir assassiné une lycéenne.Quelques jours après, il est poignardé près de l'école, dans une usine désaffectée.Neuf ans plus tard, le mystère s'épaissit. Les présumés meurtriers du professeur sont envoyés, eux aussi, au royaume des morts....

**Et si l'on prenait le contrôle de votre mémoire ?13 août 1999**. Une lycéenne disparaît...13 août 2012. Une adolescente est retrouvée sans vie dans un parc d'attractions...13 août 2017. Un professeur d'informatique, son épouse et leur fils de cinq ans meurent dans un incendie...Trois drames qui ont tous eu lieu dans la rue Nanming. seraient-ils liés les uns aux autres ? L'inspecteur Ye Xiao, chargé de l'enquête sur la dern...

»Alles ändert sich, wenn man jemanden getötet hat. Man lebt den Rest seines Lebens in Angst.«Nanming, im Norden Chinas, 19. Juni 1995: Shen Ming, junger und brillanter Lehrer an einem Gymnasium, wird verdächtigt, eine seiner Schülerinnen getötet zu haben. Einige Tage später aber wird auch er in einem alten Fabrikgebäude unweit seiner Schule erstochen. Die Taten bleiben ungesühnt - bis neun Jahre später Shen Mings Mörder ins Reich der Toten geschickt werden. Nur: vo...

An anthology of unsettling tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the very first time.Fourteen dazzling horror stories delve deep into the psyche of modern China in this new anthology curated by acclaimed writer and essayist Xueting C. Ni, editor and translator of the British Fantasy Award-winning Sinopticon.From the menacing vision of a red umbrella, to the ominous atmosphere of the Laughing Mountain; from the waking dream of virtual wo...

As the end of the world arrives in downtown Shanghai, one man’s only wish is to return a library book...When a publisher agrees to let a star author use his company’s attic to write in, little does he suspect this will become the author’s permanent residence...As Shanghai succumbs to a seemingly apocalyptic deluge, a man takes refuge in his bathtub, only to find himself, moments later, floating through the city's streets...The characters in this literary exploration...

CO₂ Mineralization for Construction Materials and Products is a comprehensive exploration of this emerging field, offering a detailed overview of the science, technology, and applications of CO₂ mineralization techniques in the construction industry. The book covers the basics of mineralization: principles, microstructure, and techniques, as well as mineralization of a range of cementitious products. It also provides unique practical applications and case studies from both academi...

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is an advanced cement-based composite material with compressive strength of over 120 MPa, high toughness, and superior durability. Since its development in the early 1990s, UHPC has attracted great interest worldwide due to its advantages. This book covers material selection and mixture design methods for developing UHPC, as well as the performance of UHPC, including fresh and hardened properties, setting and hardening, dimensional stability, static a...

This is the first English-language book to review and summarize research in alkali-activated cements and concrete. It includes coverage of new types of binder, hydration and microstructure development of alkali-activated slag cements, mechanical properties and durability of alkali-activated slag cement and concrete.

As the main trend and key enabling technology for next-generation wireless networks (i.e., 6G), integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) can effectively improve spectrum efficiency, hardware efficiency, and information processing efficiency. However, it faces several deficiencies, including limited coverage due to high-frequency signals and limited communication-sensing performance due to uncontrollable wireless environments. Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) provides novel dimen...

Chloride-induced corrosion is the most important durability issue of reinforced concrete structures, and the prediction and prevention of chloride-induced corrosion has attracted considerable interest all over the world.Given that chloride penetrates through the concrete cover, the issues concerning its transport are crucial. These include testing methods, prediction, and the prevention of ingress. During the transport process, physical and chemical interaction occurs between chlor...

This book introduces fundamentals, measurements, and applications of rheology of fresh cement-based materials. The rheology of a fresh cement-based material is one of its most important aspects, characterizing its flow and deformation, and governing the mixing, placement, and casting quality of a concrete.This is the first book to bring the field together on an increasingly important topic, as new types of cement-based materials and new concrete technologies are developed. It descr...

This book focuses on the integration of self-evolving Digital Twins (DTs) with wireless networks, exploring critical methodologies for dynamic twin construction and real-time service interaction. It addresses challenges posed by wireless environments, which are paramount for maintaining high-fidelity virtual replicas of physical systems. The content provides a comprehensive outline for building and managing DTs that can continuously adapt over wireless networks.The authors dedicate...